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Taco Eating Contestant Choked to Death: Coroner

A Fresno man who died shortly after competing in a taco eating contest during a Fresno Grizzlies Triple-A baseball game choked to death, the Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner's Office said Thursday afternoon. The cause of death finding was announced following an autopsy on 41-year-old Dana Hutchings of Fresno. A full autopsy report...

Gilroy Festival Gunman Killed Himself, Coroner Says

The gunman in the deadly Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting killed himself, according to a finding by the Santa Clara County coroner's office that contradicts earlier police accounts that officers fired the fatal shot. Santino William Legan, 19, shot and killed three people— including two children — Sunday at the festival....

Coroner: Verne Troyer Death Suicide by Alcohol Intoxication

LOS ANGELES — Verne Troyer, best known for his role as Mike Myers' comical sidekick "Mini-Me" in the "Austin Powers" movie franchise, died last April of suicide by alcohol intoxication, the Los Angeles County coroner's office reported Wednesday. Troyer had a potentially fatal level of alcohol in his system and...

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