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Old Oct 5, 2015 | 11:27 am
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The CNN article says it was from illness. In my mind, "illness" is a preexisting condition, and isn't something like heart attack, poisoning, etc. So - I have to wonder - how did he go from being fit to fly to dead in what was probably 3-4 hours?
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