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\nKenny Cox devoted his life to wrestling: winning ten Oregon championships in collegiate\, freestyle\ , and Greco-Roman and five junior national championships. But when his col lege career came to a close\, Cox realized he wasn&rsquo\;t sure who he wa s or how to go about living his life. A few years later\, he walked from O regon to Mexico and back\, and upon his return\, sold his house and flew t o Kauai\, where he ventured deep into the wilderness and survived seventy days without supplies. Just weeks after reemerging from the wild\, he died at the age of thirty-one.
\n\nAbout the Presenter:
\nMichael Copperman considers the life and untimely death of Cox\, reconstructing memories of his former training partner with the hel p of Cox&rsquo\;s family\, friends\, fans\, and fellow wrestlers. Seek ing Kenny is\, in part\, an ode to a storied athlete. But it&rsquo\;s also a cautionary tale about the mental and bodily extremes Cox demanded for his achievements. Copperman asks what it means to live past one&rsquo\ ;s &ldquo\;glory days\,&rdquo\; and what roles loss\, grief\, faith\, and memory play when athletes leave pieces of themselves behind.
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