New York: More than a year after death, LI man found in front of his TV

The Boston Herald ^ | February 17, 2007

[Stoat]

More than a year after death, LI man found in front of his TV
By Associated Press
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - Updated: 12:04 PM EST

HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. - A man’s body was found in his home more than a year after his death, with the television still on and his features preserved by dry conditions, officials said.     Vincenzo Ricardo, 70, apparently died of natural causes, said Dr. Stuart Dawson, Suffolk County’s deputy chief medical examiner. Southampton Town police found Ricardo’s body this week when they responded to a report of burst pipes.     Ricardo was found in a chair in front of the television set, as though he were watching it, Dawson said.     The home’s dry air had left his features intact, morgue assistant Jeff Bacchus said.     ”You could see his face. He still had hair on his head,” Bacchus said.     Ricardo’s wife died years ago, and he lived alone, Dawson said.     ”He hasn’t been heard from in over a year. That’s the part that baffles me,” he said. ”Nobody sounded the alarm.”     Neighbors said they had thought Ricardo was in a hospital or nursing home. Still, neighbor Diane Devon said residents at a gathering last month remarked that they hadn’t seen him in some time.     ”We never thought to check on him,” she said.

[Stoat]

his body is in perfect shape, thanks to, yes, television, and the waves it emits

Diabetes and blindness are hallmarks of physical perfection? I'm obviously missing out! 

I knew that the televised imagery of Rosie O'Donnell and Keith Olbermann (sp?)  is toxic and most likely carcinogenic, but I didn't suspect that it could do this  :-)

I can just see many here found decades after death glued to their computer screens smooching the Day in the Life of daily thread!

I would suspect that in reality, surfing Free Republic actually extends one's life in both quality and quantity, whereas surfing Democratic Underground and Daily Kos does the opposite, and does so exponentially. :-)

[Dante3]

How very sad.

[Dante3]

He could have had a mail slot in his door and if he received no large packages, the mail would just have piled up in his foyer.

[Stoat]

How very sad.

Yes, to have made so few friends or even superficial acquaintances in life that one's passing not only goes unnoticed at the time, but remains so for over a year is such a tragedy. 

Hopefully he is now in a place where friends are easier to come by.

[Freedom4US]

All the old names have "not been changed to protect the innocent"; Zenith is owned by a South Korean firm, and probably somebody resurrected Philco, Emerson, etc. But they really don't have any connection with the original concerns.

[buck61]

Takes a village to raise a child.

Takes a village to allow its seniors to die.