(Q44728705)

Dr. Brown was found dead in his car at 6:30 A.M. on Monday on Ninth Street between Avenues C and D. Some empty glassine envelopes were beside his body, the police said. (English)

reference URL

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/12/nyregion/4-deaths-4-places-one-problem-an-increase-in-the-use-of-heroin.html

manner of death

accidental death

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reference URL

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/12/nyregion/4-deaths-4-places-one-problem-an-increase-in-the-use-of-heroin.html

cause of death

opioid overdose

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reference URL

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/12/nyregion/4-deaths-4-places-one-problem-an-increase-in-the-use-of-heroin.html

quotation

"That was painfully evident yesterday in Summit, N.J., where friends, neighbors and patients were trying to grapple with the news that Dr. Peter Brown, 39, whom they knew as a dentist, a long-distance runner and an avid gardener, had apparently died of a heroin overdose." (English)

place of burial

Mount Olivet Cemetery

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languages spoken, written or signed

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Rutgers University–New Brunswick

end time

1981

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Fairleigh Dickinson University

academic degree

Doctor of Dental Surgery

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Red Bank Catholic High School

start time

1973

end time

1977

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medical condition

alcoholism

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reference URL

https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/Actions/19900118_22DI01631500.pdf

quotation

This matter was opened to the State Board Dentistry upon receipt a Report of Investigation from the Enforcement Bureau, Professions and Occupations Section, which disclosed allegations that Dr. Brown has an addiction to alcohol. (English)

opioid use disorder

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quotation

That was painfully evident yesterday in Summit, N.J., where friends, neighbors and patients were trying to grapple with the news that Dr. Peter Brown, 39, whom they knew as a dentist, a long-distance runner and an avid gardener, had apparently died of a heroin overdose. (English)

stated in

4 Deaths, 4 Places, One Problem: An Increase in the Use of Heroin

opioid overdose

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stated in

4 Deaths, 4 Places, One Problem: An Increase in the Use of Heroin

member of

Alcoholics Anonymous

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Road Runners Club of America

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described at URL

https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/Actions/19900118_22DI01631500.pdf

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described by source

4 Deaths, 4 Places, One Problem: An Increase in the Use of Heroin

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quotation

A dentist from New Jersey is found dead in his maroon Oldsmobile on an East Village street. ... Dr. Brown was found dead in his car at 6:30 A.M. on Monday on Ninth Street between Avenues C and D. Some empty glassine envelopes were beside his body, the police said. An autopsy conducted yesterday was inconclusive, and pathologists are awaiting the results of toxicology tests before they announce the cause of his death, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the office of the Chief Medical Examiner. ... That was painfully evident yesterday in Summit, N.J., where friends, neighbors and patients were trying to grapple with the news that Dr. Peter Brown, 39, whom they knew as a dentist, a long-distance runner and an avid gardener, had apparently died of a heroin overdose. (English)

2 More Dead Of Drug ODs

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quotation

On Monday, Dr. Peter Brown, 39, a dentist from Summit, N.J., was found dead in his car on E. Ninth St. on the lower East Side after apparently snorting heroin. (English)

different from

Peter F. Brown

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