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Stargazer falls to death from rooftop
The Boston Herald ^ | 04/17/2006 | Laura Crimaldi

Posted on 04/16/2006 10:05:42 PM PDT by Panerai

A romantic stargazer who was just days away from whisking away his girlfriend on a surprise Paris trip to pop the question plummeted to his death early yesterday morning when he fell from the roof of his Massachusetts Avenue apartment.

“He had the tickets. He had the ring. He just didn’t have the time,” said Don Coulon, whose 28-year-old son, Gregory, was found dead after falling from the roof at 552 Massachusetts Ave.

Coulon, 28, a Boston University systems analyst and computer programmer, was set to jet his girlfriend of several years, Michelle Kovach, to the City of Lights Wednesday where he planned to ask her to be his bride.

“If two people were meant to be together, it was those two. They finished each other’s sentences. . . . She loved Paris. I think that’s why he wanted to take her back there,” said Don Coulon of Sarasota, Fla.

Coulon, who lived on the sixth floor, was on the roof with a mutual male friend when he disappeared.

Police later found him after opening a door that led to an air shaft in the basement of the apartment building, said Officer Mike McCarthy, a Boston police spokesman.

While police are investigating the death, Paul Coulon thinks his nephew may have been on the roof stargazing.

“He loved astronomy. They were up on the roof looking at the stars, stargazing,” said Paul Coulon, a New Hampshire resident. Coulon was an avid astronomy enthusiast who studied at Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., as a boy and took astronomy as a major for a short time while he was an undergraduate at BU.

His girlfriend, Kovach, was being comforted in seclusion yesterday by her parents at the apartment she shared with Coulon. The couple had planned to entertain family for Easter dinner.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: boston; hatewhenthathappens; keeplookingup; paris; southend; stargazer
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1 posted on 04/16/2006 10:05:43 PM PDT by Panerai
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To: Panerai

Terribly sad story. Sounds like he was a nice guy.


2 posted on 04/16/2006 10:14:16 PM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly (Liberals lie)
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To: Panerai

Guess they weren't meant to be together after all.


3 posted on 04/16/2006 10:32:34 PM PDT by Chewbacca (Hell knows no fury than fiery habenaro Dorito's eaten before bedtime.)
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To: Panerai

"Always remember - your roof might as well have been designed by Empire architects (you know, the guys that put bridges and balconies over bottomless pits without railings), so plan accordingly."


4 posted on 04/16/2006 10:47:54 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Panerai
I smell a big lawsuit and a big settlement.

There should have been a railing...

5 posted on 04/16/2006 11:08:21 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: Panerai
Police later found him after opening a door that led to an air shaft in the basement of the apartment building, said Officer Mike McCarthy, a Boston police spokesman.

He fell down the air shaft to the basement? Did I read that right?
6 posted on 04/16/2006 11:40:43 PM PDT by kenth
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To: Panerai

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THUD..........


7 posted on 04/17/2006 1:29:47 AM PDT by MedicalMess
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To: Panerai

Dawrin Award....


8 posted on 04/17/2006 3:01:44 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Darwin...HELLO?


9 posted on 04/17/2006 3:03:11 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Chewbacca

It wasn't in the stars?


10 posted on 04/17/2006 3:13:12 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Panerai
I could say something about frequent flier miles. But I wont.
11 posted on 04/17/2006 3:26:18 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (Merry Christmas!)
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To: MedicalMess

That is Disgusting! Greg Coulon was my boyfriend for two years in college. He was bright and inquisitive, he was funny, he had many talents, he could work a computer, he could play the bass, he loved his family, he loved his friends. My stomach is in knots at the thought of his final moments, and you mock this with the heartless comment. Would you want someone to say that about you if you had an tragic accident? Have a heart! Think of those of us that knew him and are grieving over this sudden unexpected tragedy. You are a cold and thoughtless individual, next time, think before you post something on a public forum where Greg's friends and family can see it.


12 posted on 04/19/2006 1:11:00 PM PDT by suzynela (That is cold, cruel, and a heartless response, Greg was loved, Greg loved and he will be missed)
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To: hellinahandcart
'12 posted on 04/19/2006 4:11:00 PM EDT by suzynela (That is cold, cruel, and a heartless response, Greg was loved, Greg loved and he will be missed) '

Insider ping.


13 posted on 04/19/2006 1:14:03 PM PDT by Constitution Day (Comicalness Don't Win No Medals)
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To: Panerai

He was on the roof with a "mutual male friend"? I am not suggesting he was pushed but didn't the friend see him fall?


14 posted on 04/19/2006 1:17:21 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: suzynela

You just happened to sign up today and just happened to spot this one post out of thousands entered? You need to play the lottery.


15 posted on 04/19/2006 1:20:54 PM PDT by Safetgiver
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To: Chewbacca
Guess they weren't meant to be together after all.

Star crossed lovers...

16 posted on 04/19/2006 1:24:50 PM PDT by null and void (Pay no attention to the imam behind the curtain...)
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To: Safetgiver

And your point would be what?

Maybe she was Googling his name and the post came up.

No matter, this guy seems like he was liked and loved by a lot of people.

Like suzy said, have a heart.

SZ


17 posted on 04/19/2006 1:25:14 PM PDT by SZonian (Tagline???? I don't need no stinkin' tagline!)
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To: Safetgiver
"You just happened to sign up today and just happened to spot this one post out of thousands entered?"

I'm not falling for her story.

18 posted on 04/19/2006 1:28:56 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: SZonian

If you Google "Gregory Coulon", this thread is the 25th item that comes up.


19 posted on 04/19/2006 1:29:05 PM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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To: suzynela
First off, let me say I'm sorry you've lost someone close to you.

He sounds like he was quite a guy.

Would you want someone to say that about you if you had an tragic accident?

I, for one, would hope that FReepers saw some humor in my demise, particularly if it were something spectacular. (I'm hoping to die laughing - at something, probably me).

That being said, some of us can only cope with tragedy through humor.

OTOH, he could just be a heartless basturd...

20 posted on 04/19/2006 1:32:26 PM PDT by null and void (Pay no attention to the imam behind the curtain...)
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