Authorities Confirm Third Guest Death This Month at Disney World

Third Death This Month at Disney World Resort Confirmed By Authorities

Officials have confirmed that a guest passed away at Disney’s Contemporary Resort on Thursday, October 23, marking the third guest death reported at the Walt Disney World Resort this month. The three events are all seemingly unrelated.

Emergency personnel were seen at Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort on Thursday, though details were not immediately available.

On Friday, a representative for the Orange County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed to Entertainment Weekly (EW) that a guest, identified as Matthew Cohn, died on October 23. According to EW, Cohn experienced a medical emergency. The representative stated that Cohn’s “examination is not yet complete, therefore the Cause of Death and Manner of Death have not been determined.”

This is the third guest death confirmed by authorities at the resort in recent weeks.

On October 14th, a guest named Summer Equitz died at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in what the Orange County Sheriff’s Office ruled as an apparent suicide. At the time, officials noted that, contrary to social media reports, a Monorail was not involved in the incident.

On October 21, at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground, a man in his 60s experienced a “medical episode” and was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Sheriff’s Office stated there were no signs of foul play in that incident.

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