Gorak Welcomes

LOS ANGELES - U.S figure skating champion Christopher Bowman pleased fans and fellow skaters with his flair on the ice. But he was also known for his off-the-ice struggles with drugs and alcohol and other personal problems. Now the 40-year-old former skating champ known as "Bowman the Showman" has been found dead at a budget hotel in the San Fernando Valley, and authorities say a drug overdose could be to blame.

What a shame..




Kinda hard to believe it's the same guy.. and even more hard to believe that he was, apparently, not gay. He was only 40 and had a daughter.

I think that he struggled to adjust after leaving skating. What do you do after you've dedicated your life to something, and then there's no way you can do it anymore?

He joins a long list of people who died from an over dose. You'd think that people would know when too much is too much.