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Death of AIDS Victim Weighed as Act of Mercy

Associated Press - September 25, 1986

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 25 - Edward Lebowitz, an AIDS victim for whom a man posing as his doctor prescribed a change in his medication over the telephone, died Wednesday, officials said.

Mr. Lebowitz, who was 48 years old, died of complications related directly to his illness, according to a statement by St. John's Hospital and Health Center.

A man identified himself as Mr. Lebowitz's physician in the call to the hospital late Saturday and ordered nurses to give Mr. Lebowitz insulin. It lowered his blood sugar level and a nurse discovered him lapsing into a coma and revived him. The police say the call could have been an attempted murder or possibly an attempt at mercy killing.

Police Detective Shane Talbot said Mr. Lebowitz had told officers he had no idea who made the call.


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