An acclaimed surgeon has been found dead in his New York apartment by his 11-year-old daughter.
Dr Dean Lorich’s death is being treated as a suicide after he was discovered with a knife in his chest, near his heart. His wife was out playing tennis at the time.
Dr Lorich, 54, was found face-up on the bathroom floor. Police said that there were no signs of forced entry at the apartment in Park Avenue.
The doctor had been “under some personal stress”, they said.
Dr Lorich was the associate director of orthopaedic trauma services at the Hospital for Special Surgery and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
He had treated the rock star Bono in 2014 after the U2 front-man was badly injured in a cycling accident in Central Park.
Dr Lorich was the father of three daughters.
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