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Second body found in West Hollywood home of Democratic donor Ed Buck
From https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ed-buck-west-hollywood-death-20190107-story.html
Second body found in West Hollywood home of Democratic donor Ed Buck
By RICHARD WINTON and HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS
JAN 07, 2019 | 5:45 PM
Friends, family and supporters gather in August 2017 for a vigil outside the West Hollywood sheriff's station in honor of Gemmel Moore, who was found dead of a drug overdose in the home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck days earlier. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
A man’s body was found early Monday in the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck, authorities said.
It was the second time a man was found dead at Buck’s apartment. Buck is a longtime political donor, a one-time West Hollywood City Council candidate and a well-known figure in LGBTQ political circles.
Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s West Hollywood station responded to the Laurel Avenue apartment complex at 1:05 a.m. in response to a report of a person not breathing, the department said in a statement. At some point, the 911 caller performed CPR, the department said.
Paramedics pronounced a man dead at the scene. The cause of death was not yet known.
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By RICHARD WINTON and HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS
JAN 07, 2019 | 5:45 PM
Friends, family and supporters gather in August 2017 for a vigil outside the West Hollywood sheriff's station in honor of Gemmel Moore, who was found dead of a drug overdose in the home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck days earlier. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
A man’s body was found early Monday in the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck, authorities said.
It was the second time a man was found dead at Buck’s apartment. Buck is a longtime political donor, a one-time West Hollywood City Council candidate and a well-known figure in LGBTQ political circles.
Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s West Hollywood station responded to the Laurel Avenue apartment complex at 1:05 a.m. in response to a report of a person not breathing, the department said in a statement. At some point, the 911 caller performed CPR, the department said.
Paramedics pronounced a man dead at the scene. The cause of death was not yet known.
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