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Medical Examiner Rules Natural Death for Eugene Thomas King Jr., Who Robbed Paula Deen at Gunpoint

EMS pronounced him dead at his Brooklyn apartment after he was found unresponsive.

Overview

  • The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner determined the cause as hypertensive and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, a natural death.
  • He was 75, according to reports citing the medical examiner.
  • Emergency Medical Service personnel pronounced him dead at the scene after he was discovered just after 5 p.m. Thursday.
  • King was convicted for the 1987 bank robbery involving Paula Deen, then a bank teller, and he served time in prison.
  • In a 2013 Inside Edition interview, he apologized to Deen and addressed the public scrutiny she faced that year.