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http://www.theage.com.au/news/natio...pronounced-dead/2006/05/07/1146940399192.html
So, another death at Beaconsfield, but one that was totally out of left-field. The world works in very strange ways indeed...
-------------------------------------------------------------Veteran Nine Network reporter Richard Carleton has died after suffering a suspected heart attack at Tasmania's Beaconsfield gold mine this afternoon, Tasmanian police say.
Carleton collapsed shortly after asking a question at a news conference about 1pm. Members of the media began performing chest compressions as an ambulance crew arrived.
Carleton, who reports for the network's flagship 60 Minutes program, has a history of heart problems.
Nine presenter Mike Munro confirmed the death during a televised news update.
"He was given treatment on the spot and taken to hospital," a visibly shaken Munro said.
"He was taken to hospital, as you can see, where doctors have only just pronounced him dead.
"Our friend and colleague, Richard Carleton, from 60 Minutes, dead."
Carleton had asked Beaconsfield mine manager Matthew Gill about the safety history of the mine shortly before he collapsed.
Nine Network colleague Tracy Grimshaw, who hosts A Current Affair, was among those initially gathered around Carleton.
Carleton has experienced a number of health scares, the first in 1988 when he underwent a heart bypass and in 2003 when he suffered a heart attack.
In 2005 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Paramedics loaded Carleton into an ambulance, which turned off its siren as it left the scene bound for Launceston hospital.
Prior to Carleton's collapse, children had gathered to collect autographs from some of the high-profile television personalities covering the mine drama.
One little girl's mother said that Carleton wrote on her daughter's piece of paper: "Have a healthy life".
- AAP
So, another death at Beaconsfield, but one that was totally out of left-field. The world works in very strange ways indeed...