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Ex-NFL Player Alphonso Smith Jr. Dead at 40

Alphonso Smith Jr. -- a former NFL player and standout cornerback at Wake Forest University -- has died...TMZ has learned. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ...the former cornerback died by suicide on Wednesday at a housing community in…

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