Renowned forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht dies
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In this June 19, 2009 photo, Dr. Cyril Wecht talks about growing up and his education as a youth in Pittsburgh from his law offices in Pittsburgh. Wecht, one of the most sought-after pathologists, has played a part in many famous cases and is a man whose personality helped turn a grim profession into a popular career choice and helped birth a generation of fictional medical examiners on crime shows from "CSI" to "NCIS."
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Cyril Wecht appears in the original HBO documentary One Nation Under Stress that was released in March 2019.
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Cyril Wecht speaks at the swearing-in ceremony for his son David, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in January 2016.
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Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, pathologist, points to an illustration showing bullets used in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as he testified before the House Assassination Committee in Washington, Sept. 7, 1978. Wecht said he could not subscribe to the so-called “magic bullet theory” - that one bullet could have gone through Kennedy’s neck and then struck Connally, critically wounding him. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
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Former Allegheny County coroner Cyril Wecht arrives for his arraignment at Federal Court in Pittsburgh, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. Wecht, a nationally known coroner, pleaded not guilty to charges he used his government staff for private gain. Wecht, who consulted on deaths ranging from Elvis Presley to Lacy Peterson and JonBenet Ramsey, was arraigned Friday on more than 80 counts including mail fraud, wire fraud, theft of honest services and theft from the Allegheny County coroner’s office.
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David Wecht, left, gets a little campaigning help from his father, Allegheny County Coroner Cyril Wecht, at the Democratic Party meeting Sunday at the Sheraton, Station Square. Wecht is seeking the party nomination for Allegheny County Register of Wills.
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Dr. Cyril Wecht waits to speak to an audience at Heinz History Center before a panel discussion as part of the Wecht Institute Symposium on the 50th Anniversary of JFK’s assassination on Thursday, October 17, 2013.
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Dr. Cyril Wecht (right) returns to the Federal Courthouse downtown with his wife Sigrid after lunch break from his trial on Monday, January 28, 2008. Wecht, 76, of Squirrel Hill, is accused of using his public office for private gain and of defrauding clients of his private pathology consulting business. The world-renowned forensic pathologist is charged with 41 counts of fraud and theft.
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Jim Roddey, left, and Cyril Wecht, candidates for Allegheny County executive, square off Tuesday at Acmetonia Elementary School in Harmar. County council candidates also spoke at the forum sponsored by Allegheny County North Council of Governments.
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Dr. Cyril Wecht, right, a medical examiner from Pittsburgh, answers questions after observing the autopsy on the body of James Earl Ray in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, April 24, 1998. Ray’s brother, Jerry, listens at left. The state’s coroner confirmed that assassin James Earl Ray, 70, died of liver failure caused by a chronic hepatitis infection.
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Dr. Cyril Wecht, coroner, Allegheny County, Penn., tells a Washington news conference that the Rockefeller CIA Commission report on his findings in the John F. Kennedy assassination case have been distorted, June 12, 1975. He said the report makes it appear that he concurs with the report of the Warren Commission.
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Famed forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht walks amongst reporters to the Rand Laboratory morgue at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006 to perform the second autopsy on Daniel Wayne Smith, the 20-year-old son of Anna Nicole Smith.
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Allegheny County executive Democratic hopeful Cyril Wecht exits the voting machine in Pittsburgh, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1999. Wecht, and his Republican opponent Jim Roddey are running for the newly formed position.
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U.S. Senator John Heinz, left, a Republican seeking reelection, shakes hands with his Democratic opponent Cyril Wecht shortly before the two had their first debate in Ephrata, Pa., Sept. 28, 1982.
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Former Allegheny county coroner turned celebrity pathologist Cyril Wecht leaves the Federal courthouse in Pittsburgh, in a Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 file photo. Wecht’s attorneys want to 14 remaining fraud related charges to be dropped in a federal prosecution that once saw Wecht facing more than 80 counts.
FILE - Dr. Cyril Wecht of Pittsburgh, a witness during the hearings to exhume the body of Mary Jo Kopechne, who testified that in his opinion the body should be exhumed, talks to reporters, Oct. 21, 1969, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John Kennedy’s 1963 assassination caught the attention of prosecutors and TV viewers alike, died Monday, May 13, 2024. He was 93. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis, File)
