FatalityOutcome: FatalMedical
Fatality — Mount Washington, Aug 23, 1952
50-year-old from Sharon, MA (heart condition)
Raymond W. Davis, 50, died of a cardiac event compounded by exposure above the Tuckerman Ravine Headwall in August 1952.
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