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Ben Duncan, St Andrews Classmate of William and Kate, Dies After Fall From London Rooftop

Police say the 45-year-old Big Brother alum was pronounced dead at the scene and the case is being treated as non-suspicious.

Overview

  • Metropolitan Police were called just after 11 p.m. on October 30 to reports of a man on a roof in Cockspur Street, Westminster, and the London Ambulance Service later pronounced him dead at the scene.
  • The fall occurred from the seventh-floor rooftop bar of the Trafalgar St. James Hotel, a drop reported to be about 100 feet, with his body found in nearby Spring Gardens.
  • Authorities confirmed their response included multiple ambulance crews and a trauma team from London’s Air Ambulance.
  • Duncan, identified by media as 45, appeared on Big Brother in 2010 and later on Come Dine With Me, Ladette to Lady and Celebrity Coach Trip.
  • He attended the University of St Andrews during the period William and Kate were students, friends and former colleagues have posted tributes, and there has been no public comment from the royal couple at the time of reporting.