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Former Little League star, MLB player Sean Burroughs dies at 43

AP photo by Lenny Ignelzi / San Diego Padres third baseman Sean Burroughs throws to first from his knees during a a home game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 22, 2005.
AP photo by Lenny Ignelzi / San Diego Padres third baseman Sean Burroughs throws to first from his knees during a a home game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 22, 2005. AP photo by Lenny Ignelzi / San Diego Padres third baseman Sean Burroughs throws to first from his knees during a a home game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 22, 2005.

LOS ANGELES — Sean Burroughs, a two-time Little League World Series champion who won an Olympic gold medal and went on to a Major League Baseball career that was interrupted by substance abuse, has died.

He was 43.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s online records said Burroughs died Thursday, with the cause of death deferred.

USA Today, citing unnamed sources, reported Burroughs died at Stearns Champions Park in Long Beach, California, where he grew up.

The Long Beach Fire Department responded to the park shortly after 5 p.m. on a report of a person in full cardiac arrest in the parking lot.