A drummer from a New Jersey pipe and drum corps collapsed and died while marching in the St. Patrick's D
ay Parade today in Manhattan.
The band later completed its performance in his memory.
The Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County had marched about 35 blocks up Fifth Avenue when Steve Dunne collapsed around noon near 75th Street, news reports said.
Officers in the band and members of the NYPD tried reviving Dunne, 59, to no avail.
Dunne, a retired city court officer and a founding member of the band, was pronounced dead at St. Luke’s Hospital at 12:36 p.m. of an apparent heart attack, authorities said.
"It’s a tragic loss," drum sergeant Jim McMorrow told the Bergen Record. "He would have wanted us to finish this."
The band then took a bus to the New York City Armory on Lexington between 26th and 27th streets, where it finished its performance, the newspaper reported.
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That is such a sad story!
Very sad for his family and friends. At least he was doing something he enjoyed before he departed.
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