It was just a year ago today when we reported that Steve McNair was murdered:

Steve McNair’s second-eldest son used to look forward to the July Fourth family get-togethers around the grill, waiting for the sun to set and fireworks to start.
Even though his father usually wasn’t there in Mount Olive, Miss., he could call him in Nashville anytime he wanted.

This year, Steven O’Bryan Koran McNair, 16, can’t even talk about it. None of it. Not the holiday, and certainly not the fact it marks the first anniversary of what police said was a murder-suicide that took his father and stunned a nation that admired the former Titans quarterback.

“When talks of July Fourth came up, he’d just lay on the couch wishing that day would never come,” said his mother, Sheila McNair. “He’s doing OK. He has his good days and bad days.”

The relatives and enterprises McNair left behind have struggled to move on without him. His Green Hills mansion was on the market for .2 million before he died, but it’s no longer listed. His wife, Mechelle, and their two sons, Tyler and Trenton, still live there. His youth foundation’s offices are closed, its online events calendar ending with a September 2009 memorial. His restaurant, Gridiron 9 in North Nashville, sits empty.

Even his estate remains unsettled. Because McNair left no will, family members must wait until at least September to find out what share of million they’re due. Few even want to discuss the man whose public life was lauded and whose private life got him killed. Sahel “Jenni” Kazemi, a waitress he met at Opry Mills mall, shot him four times in a condo, then fatally shot herself, according to official reports. The shooting ended a tumultuous affair that included her arrest for drunken driving while he was in the car and the gift of a Cadillac Escalade she couldn’t afford to maintain, plus a second girlfriend Kazemi apparently followed to an apartment McNair was paying for.

McNair, 36, and Kazemi, 20, were discovered by two friends — Robert Gaddy and Wayne Neeley — in the condo he rented with Neeley. Neither returned multiple calls for comment, nor did his wife, mother, foundation leaders or the pastor who officiated his funeral. There’s no big, public memorial for Steve McNair on July 4. Just a few friends and fans honoring him in far different ways.

Titans quarterback Vince Young said last week that he’d spend July Fourth with McNair’s mother, Lucille, in Mount Olive.

“It’s the one-year anniversary for Steve not being here,” he said. “It’s going to be a sad moment, but we’re going to eat some barbecue and celebrate the life of Steve McNair, the things he put in my life and his family’s life.”

Nashville anti-violence activist Earl Jordan spent Thursday distributing posters of McNair to area churches, asking the pastors to take a moment out of their regular Sunday services to mention the fallen athlete. “He meant a lot to Tennessee,” Jordan said. “He did a lot for kids with programs. It’s a deep loss. My goal is to send thousands of prayers to his wife and his children. It will be a very hard day for them.”

R.I.P. Air McNair…

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