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  • Man featured in LA Times story dies in Death Valley amid 121-degree heat

    07/21/2023 7:47:44 AM PDT · by NohSpinZone · 56 replies
    SF Gate ^ | 7/20/2023 | By Amy Graff
    A 71-year-old Los Angeles man died in California’s Death Valley National Park on Tuesday, likely due to heat, as the afternoon high recorded in the park was 121 degrees, officials said. The Inyo County Coroner identified the deceased as Steven Curry. Curry fell to the ground outside the restroom at the Golden Canyon trailhead, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office and the national park wrote in a news release. Before collapsing, Curry had been interviewed in the early morning by a Los Angeles Times reporter at Zabriskie Point; he had hiked about 2 miles from Golden Canyon to the point. “It’s...