Seventh victim of the Ice Man's 'curse'

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By Nick Squires in Sydney
(Filed: 05/11/2005)

An Australian scientist who carried out research on the Stone Age hunter known as Oetzi the Ice Man has died, renewing speculation that the tribesman's remains are cursed.

Tom Loy, 63, is the seventh person connected with Oetzi to have died prematurely since the 5,300-year-old hunter's corpse was found on the border of Austria and Italy in 1991.

He was diagnosed with a rare blood condition 12 years ago, shortly after he became involved in research into Oetzi. He is believed to have died two weeks ago but his body remained undiscovered for several days. He was divorced.

In 1992, the head of a forensic team which examined the ice man was killed in a car crash. The mountaineer who guided him to the body and organised the transportation of the mummified remains died in an avalanche.
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[Bunny]

1. Well, I'm not so sure this is a curse. I mean, 63 is certainly not

OLD, but I don't think it's exactly premature either. And I would imagine that a mountaineer would have at least a moderately increased risk of dying in an avalanche.