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Atlanta man dies from balcony fall in North Carolina

By Melissa Ruggieri
July 23, 2011

Kevin Robert Gunnin of Atlanta died Saturday morning after a fall from a fifth-floor balcony in Wrightsville Beach, N.C.

Wrightsville Beach Police responded to a call at Shell Island Resort and found Gunnin, 30, at the rear of the building.

He died from injuries sustained in the fall and was pronounced dead by New Hanover Regional Medical Center EMS at 2:47 a.m.

Police believe the incident was an accident.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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