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Steve McNair Suicide Prevention PSA Shelved

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July 13th, 2009 by Castina

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A suicide prevention public service announcement featuring slain NFL star Steve McNair has been shelved.

The former Tennessee Titans QB a youth PSA just weeks before he was the victim of an Independence Day murder-suicide by his 20-year-old mistress, Sahel Kazemi.

The PSA will not air.

On July 4, McNair was fatally shot by his mistress Kazemi as he slept. She later turned the gun on herself. McNair retired in April 2008.

Jill Hudson, spokeswoman for Tennessee’s Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, revealed has revealed that the NFL star was working with state health officials on “developing a PSA… but it never reached the point of being aired. And it seems broadcasting it now is not only inappropriate, but doesn’t serve the community, his family or memory — or the issue we hoped the PSA would help address.”

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