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Mike Tyson's four-year-old daughter dies in freak accident

Posted by 9jabook.com webmadam on May 26, 2009 at 9:48pm
The four-year-old daughter of boxing legend Mike Tyson died last night when she accidentally strangled herself with an electrical cord. Little Exodus was found hanging from the flex which was attached to a treadmill in an exercise room at her mum's home. Her distraught dad was at her bedside as she struggled for life on a hospital respirator. But she died hours later. Exodus was discovered at the house in Phoenix, Arizona, by seven-year-old brother Miguel who alerted their mum Monica Turner. Police Sergeant Andy Hill, who answered Monica's panicked emergency call, said: "It's so tragic. Exodus was playing by herself when she got tangled in the cord which was attached to an exercise treadmill. "It acted like a noose and she was obviously unable to get herself out of it. "We don't know how long she was hanging, but it could have been a couple of minutes." Former heavyweight champion Tyson, 42, who had been filming a documentary in Las Vegas, immediately flew to Phoenix to be beside his daughter. Paediatrician Monica, who is his ex-wife, was also at the hospital. Advertisement - article continues below » A spokesman for the boxer said: "The Tyson family would like to extend our deepest, most heartfelt thanks for all your prayers and support, and we ask that we be allowed our privacy at this difficult time." James Toback, director of the new documentary Tyson, said the accident had devastated Exodus's "adoring" parents. He said: "This is horrendous. There is no more careful a mother." Neighbour Dinka Radic said that Tyson did not live at the house but regularly visited his children. She last saw him a month ago at Miguel's birthday party. Dinka added: "I'd see Exodus and her brother playing together. She always asks me for chocolate. When I give it to her, she kisses me. "She's such a cute girl. A real sweetie. I pray to God she pulls through." Another neighbour, Ben Brodhurst, said: "She's a lively girl, you see her riding a bicycle from house to house." Tyson, who was jailed for rape and drug offences and banned from boxing for biting off part of rival Evander Holyfield's ear, recently said he had turned his life around because of his children. He added: "I've been sober for two-anda-half years and I'm working hard to keep out of trouble. "If there's a transformation it's because of my children. I want to be a proper father."
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