R.I.P. Dan Puckett

Subject: R.I.P. Dan Puckett Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:17 am

I just heard a very sad news :bodybuilder Dan Puckett was found dead earlier tonight .There is no information available about the cause of his death .
I didn't know Dan very well ,except for a few messages we exchanged on myspace a few months ago .All I can say is that he seemed like a very cool guy .
Dan got a lot of attention after winning the 2006 Collegiate Nationals in the heavyweight category .He was only 22 years old ...

Here are his contest history and a few pics of him .

2004 Mississippi State Championships
-Teenage Hw 1st and overall
-Junior Hw 1st

2005 Southern Classic
-Junior Hw 1st and overall

2005 Mississippi State Championships
-Open Hw 1st

2006 Collegiate Nationals
-Hw 1st

Newbie Joined : 08 Nov 2007 Posts : 6 Location : Germany

I was terribly sorry to hear of Dan's death.

2006 NPC Collegiate Nationals

He had it all: abs, quads, arms, V back, shoulders, striations... He was an excellent poser, clearly on his way up, hoping to become an IFBB professional.

A national bodybuilding champion who was a student at the University of Alabama was found dead Wednesday morning by his roommate.

Dan Puckett, 22, was a senior at Alabama and would have graduated in December. Capt. Loyd Baker, commander of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit, said Puckett's roommate found him dead in the bathroom of their apartment.

Puckett's roommate last saw him about 1 p.m. Tuesday. He had complained of a possible muscle injury after returning home from the gym.

"The roommate left and returned at 7 a.m. He couldn't get an answer at the door and got a call that no one had heard from him since Tuesday afternoon," Baker told The Tuscaloosa News. "When he got no response, he forced his way in and found him on the bathroom floor."

Baker said there were no visible signs of trauma or any suggestion of foul play. An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday. But it could take weeks for toxicology results to be returned for a final determination.

Puckett was from Muscle Shoals. He was studying marketing at Alabama's School of Commerce and Business Administration. He was the heavyweight winner of the 2006 NPC Teenage/Collegiate National Bodybuilding contest held in Pittsburgh.
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my thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends

Subject: Re: R.I.P. Dan Puckett Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:26 pm

Sad news.... RIP...

Newbie Joined : 08 Nov 2007 Posts : 6 Location : Germany

Dan had so much potential in the sport of bodybuilding.

Newbie Joined : 08 Nov 2007 Posts : 6 Location : Germany

Casey Fathi wrote to me:

Subject: Re: R.I.P. Dan Puckett Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:32 am

Apparently ,Dan "died from a blood clot due to a torn groin. He did not want to go to the hospital. He did not know how severe his injury was. It was not from steroids or any other drugs."

Newbie Joined : 08 Nov 2007 Posts : 6 Location : Germany

A friend of Dan's reports:

Subject: Re: R.I.P. Dan Puckett Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:53 pm

very sad did not know him but just looking at his pictures shows he was a pro in the making,struck down before he reached his true potential. rip dan