World renowned forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht dies at age 93

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During his time as the Allegheny County coroner, Wecht performed about 21,000 autopsies and reviewed or been consulted on 42,000 additional postmortem exams, according to a biography on Duquesne University. Some of the high-profile cases he was involved in include O.J. Simpson, Kurt Cobain, the Menendez Brothers, Scott Peterson, Chandra Levy, Elvis Presley and Jeffrey Epstein. He likewise investigated the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.

https://news.yahoo.com/world-renowned-forensic-pathologist-cyril-153444058.html

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1. He was genuine and kind and brilliant. My husband

and I had dinner at a restaurant in Pgh (Ali Baba’s) and Dr. Wecht was at the table next to ours. We acknowledged one another. After dinner we went to see Gordon Lightfoot in concert at Carnegie Music Hall and Dr. Wecht was sitting in the seat in front of us. We had a quick conversation. He was always smiling and I’ll never forget his eyes. Kind and expressive.

Rest in peace Dr. Wecht.

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2. Cyriil was born in Bobtown,

same as me!

Wecht was born to Jewish immigrant parents in a tiny mining village in Dunkard Township, Pennsylvania, called Bobtown. His father, Nathan Wecht, was a Lithuanian-born storekeeper; his Ukrainian-born mother, Fannie Rubenstein, was a homemaker and helped out in the store.