The four-year-old daughter of former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has died after accidentally strangling herself. Exodus Tyson was found hanging from a cord dangling from a treadmill at her home in Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday.
She was rushed to hospital in an “extremely critical condition” and put on a life support machine, but pronounced dead yesterday at noon local time.
In a statement the Tyson family said: “There are no words to describe the tragic loss of our beloved Exodus. We ask you now to please respect our need at this very difficult time for privacy to grieve and try to help each other heal.”
Police said Exodus was playing on the treadmill when her head apparently slipped inside a cord hanging under the console.
She was found with the cord around her neck by her seven-year-old brother. While emergency services rushed to the scene, the girl’s mother tried to revive the child.
Tyson, 42, was in Las Vegas at the time of the accident and flew to Phoenix on Monday.
