Skateboarder dies 2020: Beloved skater Jeff Grosso died March 31, 2020 reportedly after a heart attack.
Just a day before Jeff Grosso death, he had posted an adorable video of himself and son Goo dancing on Instagram.
At this time, an official cause of death has not been revealed.
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Years before Jeff Grosso death, the legendary skater battled a serious addiction to pain pills after injuries from skateboarding.
Grosso said in an interview with King Skateboard four years ago about finding sobriety that kicking his addiction was just as difficult as kicking off hard drugs:
“I was only on them for a short period of time. Being a recovering opiate addict, I only took the pills as prescribed and it came to a time for me to kick them. I kicked cold turkey.”
“It’s all the same… Vicodin is an opiate. Heroin is an opiate… If you’ve been on it for more than seven days you’re going to feel the withdrawal. Some people with addictive personalities like me get extreme withdrawals and others don’t feel a f***ing thing.”
Being a junkie is a young man’s game. You don’t see a lot of old junkies and I don’t want to be one.
It’s not clever, it’s not funny – it’s not even fun anymore. I’ve got other s*** going on. I’ve got reasons to live today.”
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Grosso had also attempted suicide once before when he overdosed three times on heroin in Arizona at his mother’s house.
He told Skateboarding Transworld during an interview:
“I overdosed out in Arizona at my mother’s house, which is brilliant. That was actually a suicide attempt but whatever.
I had been out for so long, that was one of those DOA trips. I had been out for so long, all your veins start to collapse. So they couldn’t find a vein to get the Narcan in. Eventually, they just had to shove it into my jugular. Right in the neck.
So I woke up strapped to a table, my head strapped to a table with a pick line in my neck. It pops you right up.
Like I said it’s like being lit on fire from the inside out. You wake right up like, “What the f***.”
And all these doctors are standing there like, ‘You idiot. Do you know where you are?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know. Australia?’
The lighting in the room looked like Australia to me.”
Grosso will be surely missed. Please say a prayer for his grieving family and loved ones as you read these tributes below:
Rest In Peace Jeff Grosso
I remember watching all your love letters to skateboarding and at the end you’d always say “now get off your computer and go skate”
I remember face timing you with rick at descontrol man what the fuck Folded hands
Rest In Peace Jeff Grosso
I remember watching all your love letters to skateboarding and at the end you’d always say “now get off your computer and go skate”
I remember face timing you with rick at descontrol man what the fuck 🙏 pic.twitter.com/36qGCRtzJe— PERRO PERDIDO (@oldirtybeanie) April 1, 2020
Two years ago I stumbled across loveletters to skateboarding. I was introduced to world of skateboarding led by Jeff Grosso. Jeff opened my eyes to the world and the true meaning and spirit of skateboarding. It’s not about being fucking Cool it’s about having fun. RIP GROSSO.
Two years ago I stumbled across loveletters to skateboarding. I was introduced to world of skateboarding led by Jeff Grosso. Jeff opened my eyes to the world and the true meaning and spirit of skateboarding. It’s not about being fucking Cool it’s about having fun. RIP GROSSO. pic.twitter.com/PYeA8NGhtH
— David Bonilla Amador (@daveflowerchild) April 1, 2020
Jeff Grosso is my all time favorite pro skateboarder.
Beyond his singular skating, his words and actions off the board showed a deep and reverent love for skateboarding and skateboarders, an uncommon self-awareness, and a wit that was never used in service of cruelty. RIP.
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