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The Straight Story

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Wed Apr 23, 2014, 03:19 PM Apr 2014

Prince Charles' brother-in-law dies in NYC fall

Mark Shand, Prince Charles's brother-in-law and the brother of Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, died Wednesday of head injuries suffered after slipping and falling outside a New York nightclub, the British media report.

Shand, 62, is believed to have hit his head on the pavement while smoking a cigarette outside the club. He had been attending and after party for following an auction for his charity, Elephant House, which helps save endangered elephants.

The accident occurred outside the Diamond Horseshoe Club, the Daily Mirror reports.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/23/mark-shand-prince-charles-camilla-parker-bowels-duchess-of-cornwall/8055323/

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Prince Charles' brother-in-law dies in NYC fall (Original Post) The Straight Story Apr 2014 OP
The charity appears to be Elephant Family FarCenter Apr 2014 #1
What a reminder about how quickly and randomly it can all end. Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #2
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