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Originally Posted by honeychile
The one part of the article intrigued me: "White's death follows a trend in which former Steelers players have died at an uncommon rate. At least 38 former Steelers players have died since 2000, with 17 of them 59 or younger, as was White.
"According to a Los Angeles Times survey in 2006, one-fifth of the former NFL players from the 1970s and 1980s who died through that year were former Steelers." (ALAN ROBINSON, AP Sports Writer)
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It's interesting - I was looking at the list, and they link steroids to at least a couple of those (Courson, Mike Webster). The list also notes that a number have died due to heart and kidney failure. You don't want to immediately blame it on steroids, as there could have been other issues (like over-medication or alcoholism to deal with post-football injuries).
However, you hear stories about the Raiders teams of those days, and steroid use being rampant around the NFL, and you have to at least consider it as a factor.