Police in North Carolina say one of the most celebrated names in X Games, Dave Mirra, has died in North Carolina at the age of 41. 
 
 Greenville police confirmed on Thursday night that Mirra’s body had been found earlier in the day. Authorities responded to reports of an apparent suicide and discovered Mirra’s body in a truck. 
 
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 “We mourn the loss today of a great friend and wonderful human being who touched the lives of so many around the world with his gift. He called Greenville, North Carolina home and was as humble a guy talking with kids on a street corner about bikes as he was in his element on the world stage. A young life with so much to offer was taken too soon,” said the Greenville mayor, Allen Thomas. 
 
 Mirra was a brilliant BMX rider and won 14 gold medals at X Games, despite the fact that his career was nearly ended in 1993 after he was hit by a drunk driver. But Mirra recovered and he won X Games honors at an astonishing rate between 1995 and 2008, his record of 24 medals over a career was only broken in 2013 by Bob Burnquist. 
 
 He was also a rally driver and competed in ironman and triathlons. “Ironman competitions are an entirely different ballgame. The level of competition is much higher, and there are way more athletes,” Mirra told Sports Illustrated. 
 
 
 
 Mirra was married with two daughters. 
 
 Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) Goodbye Dave Mirra, a true pioneer, icon and legend. Thank you for the memories... we are heartbroken. pic.twitter.com/RHpTe7Qzwi 
 
 ESPN, the broadcaster of X Games, released a statement paying tribute to Mirra. “Dave Mirra, your courage, determination and natural skill in everything you pursued pushed the world of action sports to become a better place. From all of us at X Games and ESPN, we salute your contributions,” read the statement. “Our sincere condolences go out to Dave’s wife, Lauren, his daughters Mackenzie and Madison, the BMX community and friends of Dave Mirra.” 
 
 Mirra’s friend and fellow BMX rider TJ Lavin expressed his sorrow at the news. “I just wish he would have called me,” he told TMZ. “I would have jumped on a plane in a second. There’s always another way. If anyone needs help, just please get it. I feel sick about this.” ||||| "Dave's wife and family are shocked and saddened by the loss of such a remarkable person whom they loved so deeply," longtime family friend and Mira's agent Steve Astephen said in a state on behalf of the family. "Thank you for your kind thoughts and prayers and for respecting their privacy through this difficult time." ||||| These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites.
– The BMX world is shocked and mystified by the apparent suicide of Dave Mirra, one of the sport's biggest names. The 41-year-old, who was married with two children, was found in a truck in Greenville, NC, on Thursday afternoon, dead from what police say was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Los Angeles Times reports. One of his final Instagram posts was a photo of himself in a boxing ring, with the message: "Fight to win! We all have battles to fight. Never back down. Love you all. #diewithyourbootson," the New York Daily News reports. Mirra—who was nearly killed by a drunk driver in 1993—won a total of 24 X Games medals, a record only broken by Bob Burnquist in 2013, the Guardian notes. In recent years, he switched to competing in Ironmans and triathlons. Mirra's death has brought many tributes. He called Greenville home and "was as humble a guy talking with kids on a street corner about bikes as he was in his element on the world stage," says Mayor Allen Thomas. "Dave was nothing short of the most iconic BMX rider of all time and single-handedly inspired generations of riders to come," writes Justin Benthien at RideBMX magazine. "It is with very heavy hearts that tonight we must say goodbye to the Miracle Boy." "We'll never know exactly why, but that's not our place to question," adds Ryan Fudger. "Our job is to honor the guy that pushed the boundaries of BMX both on the bike and off of it and give our condolences to his family. Rest in peace, Dave."