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A major news story about the life and death of EOG.com founder Ken "The Shrink" Wetizner is to run in a Norfolk, Virginia newspaper a week from this coming Sunday.
The story, by reporter Kristin Grace Davis, is to run in the Virginian-Pilot newspaper on Sunday, July 4, 2010, and will be able to be accessed via the paper's website, www.pilotonline.com.
Gambling911.com reporter Tom Somach and Gambling911.com owner Christopher Costigan were interviewed for the article, as were friends, relatives and co-workers of Weitzner.
Weitzner, 54, of Chesapeake, Virginia, USA, along with his wife, Jackie, died at their home two months ago.
The deaths were ruled a double suicide.
The Internet gambling industry was shocked by the unexplained suicides, and speculation ran rampant as to why it happened.
The Virginian-Pilot story will reveal for the first time why Weitzner and his wife killed themselves.
The reporter who wrote the story learned the shocking truth after gaining access to a stunning 18-page suicide note that Weitzner and his wife left for their two children and five grandchildren.
The article will also reveal startling new details about how Weitzner and his wife pulled off their suicides, as well as the untold story of what happened in the final moments before their deaths.
Weitzner, a failed medical student, created the second sports betting portal ever on the Internet, The Prescription (www.therx.com), in the late 1990s.
He later sold the site for $2.4 million and then started a similar site, Eye on Gambling (www.eog.com), which he ran until his death.
By Tom Somach
Gambling911.com Staff Writer
