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Helium Killed Executive of Cary, N.C.-Based Software Firm, Police Say.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2002

The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 2--MORRISVILLE, N.C.--A 48-year-old executive at SAS Institute died this week after purposely inhaling helium, the Wake County Sheriff's Office said Friday.

Charles H. Dunham, a vice president of information systems at the Cary-based software company, inhaled the gas from a 20-pound tank 2 to 3 feet tall, said sheriff's Capt. T. S. Matthews.

In rare instances, helium has been used as a way to commit suicide, but Dunham's death was ruled accidental because there was evidence that Dunham had used helium before, Matthews said. He would not elaborate. Dunham hadn't been drinking alcohol, and there was no evidence of drug use, Matthews said. The body was taken to WakeMed...

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