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Ex-NFL star Lawrence Phillips is dead -- and officials say he was found in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison.
Officials say the death is being investigated as a suicide.
The 40-year-old -- who played for the Rams, Dolphins and 49ers -- was serving time at Kern Valley State Prison in California on a 31-year sentence for all sorts of convictions, including spousal abuse.
Most recently, he had been accused of killing his cellmate -- 37-year-old Damion Soward -- and was facing murder charges.
He was a running back at the University of Nebraska in the 1990s before playing in the NFL in a career cut short by off-field incidents and legal trouble.
Ex-NFL star Lawrence Phillips is dead -- and officials say he was found in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison.
Officials say the death is being investigated as a suicide.
The 40-year-old -- who played for the Rams, Dolphins and 49ers -- was serving time at Kern Valley State Prison in California on a 31-year sentence for all sorts of convictions, including spousal abuse.
Most recently, he had been accused of killing his cellmate -- 37-year-old Damion Soward -- and was facing murder charges.
He was a running back at the University of Nebraska in the 1990s before playing in the NFL in a career cut short by off-field incidents and legal trouble.