Overview

• The Chaffee County coroner identified the victim as Mathew “Matt” Gawiak, 36, of Denver.
• Gawiak collapsed during the first night of the Field of Vision festival at Meadow Creek in Buena Vista, where trauma nurses started CPR and EMTs attempted prolonged resuscitation before he was pronounced en route to a hospital.
• Sheriff Andy Rohrich said a death investigation remains open as officials work to determine an official cause.
• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard issued condolences and later dedicated two songs to Gawiak during the festival’s closing night.
• A family GoFundMe organized by his wife has raised more than $50,000, and reports say the concert livestream was later removed.