Overview

• Police said they were called to Christie's home in Nelson early Wednesday, where he was found dead.
• Authorities said the death will be referred to the coroner and offered no further information.
• Friends told local media they suspected he took his own life, a claim that has not been officially confirmed.
• Christie had spoken publicly about post-retirement symptoms, suspected he had CTE, and had indicated he intended to donate his brain for study.
• He helped establish the Billy Guyton Foundation after his teammate’s 2023 suicide and post-mortem CTE diagnosis, underscoring wider concerns about a disease that can only be confirmed after death.