County coroner in Cincinnati dies after fall

CINCINNATI -- The county coroner in Cincinnati has died, more than a week after he fell and injured his head.

Hamilton County Coroner Anant Bhati died late Friday at University Hospital. Hospital officials declined to detail the cause of death, according to cincinnati.com.


The 71-year-old doctor had fallen outside the Westin Hotel Downtown on Feb. 8.

A native of Jodphur, India, Bhati had also been director of gynecology at Good Samaritan since 1980. He delivered thousands of babies at the hospital, according to cincinnati.com.

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what a lame ass story...thats it?

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Reply#1 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:09 PM EST

Well, they could have made up a bunch of stuff, but you wouldn't have been happy then either. They linked to the original story that had more information. What did you want...just wondering?

    Reply#2 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:22 PM EST

    "Everybody gotta die sometime, Red." - Sgt Burns (Platoon 1986)

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    Reply#3 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:23 PM EST

    "Hospital officials declined to detail the cause of death" because they didn't have a coroner's report.

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    Reply#4 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:52 PM EST

    "In these times of tight budgets the coroner was expected to drive himself to the morgue. His failure to do that will result in a loss of pay."

    I'm not making light of the man's death, rather the political landscape and bureaucracy.

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    Reply#5 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:04 PM EST

    Like your Picasso, I've got it, too.

      #5.1 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:51 PM EST
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      Meanwhile in other news, tree falls in woods; makes noise.

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      Reply#6 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:19 PM EST

      What a bizarrely random story to appear in the headlines. People die... yes, even coroners...

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      Reply#7 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:34 PM EST

      Not to make lilght of a man's death, but is this really news? That being said, I hope when I die I get a completely random news story out of it on MSNBC.

        Reply#8 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:48 PM EST

        Have somebody send them your obit. Make sure they tell them some other random story like your the love child of some famous or infamous person.

        Denver and careful- liked your posts. Funny and a nice change of pace from the story on the gay republican southwest sherrif, who wants to run for congress and who allegedly has an illegal, mexican, pissed off former lover. Thought that was kinda random too.

        Marlen?? You got tired of that one too??

          #8.1 - Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:23 AM EST
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