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He was en route from his former home in Denver, Pennsylvania, to Hamburg, a Buffalo suburb, where he had accepted a management job with Wal-Mart of Western New New York Authorities said Prater slipped in the bath tub, suffered a severe blow to the head and was knocked unconscious. His body apparently plugged the drain, causing the tub to fill with water.
He most likely suffered from epilepsy, had a seizure and was knocked unconscious.