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Aaron Hernandez Dead After Suicide In Prison

The former NFL star was serving a life sentence for murder.
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The Massachusetts Department of Correction has confirmed Aaron Hernandez took his life in prison Wednesday morning. 

The former star tight end for the New England Patriots was transferred to a hospital but was pronounced dead roughly an hour after corrections officers found him in his cell.

Hernandez was serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder. His death comes less than a week after he was acquitted of two other murders from 2012.