Overview
- The Orange County Medical Examiner said Matthew Cohn died on Oct. 23 from multiple traumatic injuries after falling from Bay Lake Tower, ruling the manner of death a suicide.
- Cohn’s death is the third at Walt Disney World in roughly 10 days, following the Oct. 14 suicide of 31-year-old Summer Equitz at the Contemporary and an Oct. 21 death at Fort Wilderness.
- Deputies said the Fort Wilderness guest, a man in his 60s, suffered a medical episode and died at a hospital, with no signs of foul play reported.
- Guests shared videos showing police tape and a large first-responder presence at Bay Lake Tower, and several said staff asked them not to look out their windows as privacy screens were set up.
- Media outlets noted Disney and the medical examiner did not immediately provide further comment, and reported figures place total deaths at Disney World since 1971 at about 68.