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Doctor killed in mysterious elevator shaft fall[CA]
SF Gate ^ | 03 Dec 2008 | Kevin Fagan

Posted on 12/03/2008 12:56:04 PM PST by BGHater

It was a bizarre and abrupt way to die for a man who, by all accounts, went at life full-bore and was fit and agile from riding his bicycle everywhere he went.

But as San Francisco police combed over the evidence Tuesday, investigators said this is what appears to have happened: Dr. Daniel J. Kliman, an Alameda physician and one of the Bay Area's foremost pro-Israel activists, stepped into an open elevator shaft by accident last week and died.

His body was found Monday by workers inspecting an elevator in the historic, nine-story Sharon Building at 55 New Montgomery St., where Kliman apparently plunged to his death Nov. 25. As news of the discovery filtered out Tuesday, his supporters and friends were in near disbelief that someone so dynamic could be gone.

"The first words that come to mind for me when I think of Daniel are 'vibrant' and 'alive,' " said Rabbi Judah Dardik of Beth Jacob Congregation, the orthodox synagogue in Oakland where Kliman was an active member. "That's why this is such a shock. Whenever he was in the room, he was such a huge presence."


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Israel; US: California
KEYWORDS: doctor; elevator; israel; kliman
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"Suicide seemed equally unlikely to those who knew Kliman. Meltzer said any speculation that such a robust man took his own life is ridiculous.

The Arabic class Kliman came to attend on the last night of his life had been canceled, but he apparently didn't know that, said close friend Marshall Schwartz.

"He wanted to learn more about the language, and liked studying there," Schwartz said. Kliman thought of himself as pro-Israel but not anti-Arab, he added, and had even dated an instructor at the language program in the past.

Managers of the program that runs the classes, Pacific Arabic Resources, declined to comment Tuesday."

1 posted on 12/03/2008 12:56:05 PM PST by BGHater
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Well at least he didn't cut his own throat and then jump down the shaft -- that's what LEO officials said Jewish activist Irv Rubin did.

While being held in a Los Angeles jail Mr. Rubin, with no hint to loved ones during visits and phone calls, suddenly and while waiting in line with other inmates outside the cells cut his own throat and dived head first off the second tier of the jail.

Suicide. Yep, suicide, said the government officials.

2 posted on 12/03/2008 12:59:15 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: BGHater

Strange! This is an efficient way to get rid of one’s enemies.


3 posted on 12/03/2008 12:59:34 PM PST by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: BGHater

Was his name Dr. Drake Ramore?


4 posted on 12/03/2008 1:00:53 PM PST by 6SJ7 (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: BGHater

“Jackal?” (Omen II).


5 posted on 12/03/2008 1:01:32 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: BGHater

Didn’t John Kerry’s aunt die from falling down an elevator shaft, too?


6 posted on 12/03/2008 1:02:07 PM PST by divine_moment_of_facts
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To: BGHater

Question: Did he have damaging evidence, or ever cross the Klintons?


7 posted on 12/03/2008 1:03:27 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Just your average "Whitey" - clinging to my guns and religion [and The Constitution])
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To: WilliamofCarmichael
While being held in a Los Angeles jail Mr. Rubin, with no hint to loved ones during visits and phone calls, suddenly and while waiting in line with other inmates outside the cells cut his own throat and dived head first off the second tier of the jail.

-On the day before he was supposed to testify in court on his own behalf. They did him in. Poor sot.

8 posted on 12/03/2008 1:03:34 PM PST by Nachum
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To: BGHater

Sounds like a CSI episode.


9 posted on 12/03/2008 1:03:55 PM PST by Slapshot68
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To: BGHater
The Arabic class Kliman came to attend on the last night of his life had been canceled, but he apparently didn't know that

No witnesses

10 posted on 12/03/2008 1:05:33 PM PST by Syncro (Tagline: Discontinued until further notice)
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"The first words that come to mind for me when I think of Daniel are 'vibrant' and 'alive,' " said Rabbi Judah Dardik

Which is odd, because, on being informed of his fall down an elevator shaft, most people's free association would be "stone," "cold," "dead."

Ahem. Apart from that, condolences to the gentleman's family and friends. This fact, ...and had even dated an instructor at the language program in the past. may be relevant to his death.

11 posted on 12/03/2008 1:06:06 PM PST by Tax-chick ("And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day." (Is. 2)
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To: Slapshot68
Sounds like a CSI episode.Sounds like a CSI episode.

They killed off a very unpopular character on "L.A. Law" that way.

I am not sure if I would want to go in such a strange way. OTOH I think it would please me in the afterlife to see people scratching their heads on my demise....

12 posted on 12/03/2008 1:07:26 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your powder dry, folks)
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To: freedumb2003

It also reminds me how they killed off Joey’s soap opera character on Friends.


13 posted on 12/03/2008 1:08:40 PM PST by Slapshot68
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It also reminds me how they killed off Joey’s soap opera character on Friend

I am proud to say I never saw a single episode of Friends on TV and when I saw it on flights I never laughed once.

14 posted on 12/03/2008 1:09:52 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your powder dry, folks)
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To: 6SJ7
Was his name Dr. Drake Ramore?

LOL!

15 posted on 12/03/2008 1:11:00 PM PST by proud American in Canada ("We can, and we will prevail.")
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To: BGHater

Obamacide? No, it looks more like a Soterocide!


16 posted on 12/03/2008 1:11:48 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Everytime they open their mouth they shoot themselves in the foot.)
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To: freedumb2003
I never saw a single episode of Friends on TV

Are you and I the only ones in the U.S. who can say this? Even my husband saw a few in hotel rooms on business travel. Never saw it on a plane, either, although I saw "Moulin Rouge!" dubbed into French with Dutch subtitles.

17 posted on 12/03/2008 1:15:36 PM PST by Tax-chick ("And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day." (Is. 2)
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To: freedumb2003

Maybe I’m really stupid about elevators, but I’ve never been able to get into an elevator shaft until the car gets to the floor and the doors open. How can someone fall down an elevator shaft? Just asking.


18 posted on 12/03/2008 1:17:45 PM PST by WVNan
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To: Tax-chick
Never saw it on a plane, either, although I saw "Moulin Rouge!" dubbed into French with Dutch subtitles.

Now THAT is a story for the grandkids! (LOL)

19 posted on 12/03/2008 1:17:45 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your powder dry, folks)
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To: BGHater

How sad! My condolences to his family.

Actually, an episode of L.A. Law killed off one of the lawyers like this.


20 posted on 12/03/2008 1:18:10 PM PST by NEWwoman
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