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Dead Man Fighting: UFC's Court McGee Seeks to Change Lives

Chances are, you’ve heard his story. McGee, raised in a good family with a good upbringing, started taking painkillers to help with an injury and then fell into the clutches of a deep and enduring heroin addiction that nearly took his life. In fact, it did take his life, in a manner of speaking; after an overdose in 2005, McGee was declared clinically dead before being resuscitated. He had to learn how to speak and walk again after that incident, and he had to learn how to live life.

But he did learn how to live again. He wasn’t perfect, and there were relapses.