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Dean worked at Beverly Hills at Saks Fifth Avenue and was very popular with the community, said his roommate, Ottavio Taddei, according to KTLA.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department stated that a man had been found dead at Buck's home early Monday morning.
The police did not reveal the name of the man and CNN did not confirm his identity.
This is the second death of an adult male at Buck's in the past two years. In July 2017, a man identified as Gemmel Moore was identified as having suffered a fatal overdose in the same place, authorities said. Buck, 64, was present at the time of both incidents.
Police investigate the most recent death as well as follow-up interviews and a secondary review of the death of 2017 to better understand both cases, authorities said
Rep. Ted Lieu will donate contributions from Buck
Rep. California's Democratic Location Ted He announced earlier this week that he would donate more than $ 18,000 in campaign contributions from Buck to LGBTQ and African-American civil rights organizations.
In a statement, Mr. Lieu said that he was "deeply troubled by the latest revelations" of a second death at Buck's
location announced that he would donate 5,000 dollars to Lambda Legal and NAACP; $ 3,000 each for GLAAD and the Trevor Project; and $ 2,500 at the Equality California Institute.
Two deaths in less than two years
MPs responded to Buck's home Monday at 1:05 am, about a person who was not breathing. They declared the dead man when they arrived, said the sheriff's department. The cause of death is unknown and will be determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
The evidence admissible in this case was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Buck was responsible for Moore's death, according to a prosecution evaluation form presented by the prosecutor of the court. LA County in July 2018. The admissible evidence was also insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he had supplied Moore with drugs or that he possessed drugs, the document states.
"Although the investigation is in its infancy, we urge Sheriff Villanueva to keep the public fully informed, LGBT people having a considerable and urgent interest in a case as clearly related to health and safety. the security of our community, "the statement said. "The reports we have heard bring more questions than answers."
Buck's lawyer, Seymour Amster, told CNN that Buck and the victim have been friends for more than 25 years. He added that he did not think that charges would be laid in this case.
"Yes, Ed has people with whom he has problems with drugs, he tries to dissuade them, sometimes they bring their problems into his Amster said.
Political Participation
[19659002] Buck has contributed to a number of causes and breeds in California and beyond.
In addition to $ 2,700 Location, in 2017 he donated $ 10,400 to PAC, affiliated with Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema from Arizona, and to $ 1,000 to California representative Jimmy Gomez, representative Pete Aguilar of California and representative Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, and former Senator Joe Donnelly of. Indiana.
He had also already donated $ 2,700 to Hillary Clinton in 2015, $ 5,000 to the House Majority PAC, which supports Democrats in 2014, and $ 1,000 to Barack Obama in 2008, according to OpenSecrets. [19659013] 2010, Buck heckled the Californian Republican The British candidate Meg Whitman at a political event, according to reports from NJ.com at the time. New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who was campaigning for Whitman, then confronted Buck.
