Former Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu found dead
By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press
OS ANGELES (AP)—Former New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead,
an apparent suicide in the wealthy suburb of Rancho Palos Verdes.
The 42-year-old Irabu was found at 4:25 p.m. PDT Wednesday, county sheriff’s
Sgt. Michael Arriaga said.
“He was found dead by an apparent suicide,” Arriaga said.
Los Angeles County coroner’s official Ed Winter said his office was not
releasing any circumstances of the death other than it was being investigated
as a suicide. The autopsy will be performed Friday or Saturday.
前洋基投手伊良部秀辉被发现过世，是明显的自杀，地点是在Rancho Palos Verdes
的豪宅区。当地警察Michael Arriaga提到：‘42岁的伊良部在周三下午被发现的，
而且是明显的自杀致死。’
洛杉矶验尸官员Ed Winter提到，除了经过调查的自杀外，他们还不能确定死因，周五
或周六才会做大体解剖。
Neighbors described Irabu as a quiet, unassuming man who had apparently grown
despondent recently because of a split with his wife.
Mary Feuerlicht said she was about to go pick up her son on Wednesday morning
when a man came running down the driveway from Irabu’s large two-story home,
perched atop a hill with views of the harbor and downtown Los Angeles,
pleading with her to call police.
邻居形容伊良部沉默寡言而且也是个很谦虚的人，但最近因为和妻子离婚显的有点沮
丧。Mary Feuerlicht 提到，周三早上她大概要送他儿子出去时，有一位男士从伊良
部的家跑下来车道上，恳求她打电话给警察。
Feuerlicht said she was later told by sheriff’s deputies and the man who
asked her for help that Irabu’s wife had left him and took their two young
daughters. She hadn’t seen the wife or the kids for the past couple of
months and didn’t think anything of it because they regularly left town for
the summer.
“When I saw him for the past month or so he seemed kind of down,” she said.
“He wasn’t kind of perky like I’ve seen him before.”
Feuerlicht还提到，稍后有代理警长以及那位向她要求帮助的人士告诉她事情的经过，
伊良部的老婆离开他了，而且还带走他们两位小女儿。过去几个月她也不曾见过伊良部
的妻子或小孩，而且也想不到会发生这事，因为他们总是固定的会在夏天离开此地。
她说：‘过去几个月我见到他时，看来似乎有点情绪低落，不像以前我见到他总是很有
元气的样子。’
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