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Teen dies suddenly while playing basketball on campus

Quick ReadEast Elmhurst native was playing informal game on Farmingdale State campus.

Dominic Murray's mother Melinda founded the Dominic A.

Photo credit: Handout | Dominic Murray's mother Melinda founded the Dominic A. Murray 21 Memorial Foundation, a Queens-based non-profit dedicated to raising the awareness of sudden cardiac arrest. Murray was seven weeks into his freshman year when he went into sudden cardiac arrest during a pickup basketball game at the school.

A 17-year-old Farmingdale State College freshman suddenly collapsed and died during an informal basketball game on campus Monday night, and authorities are investigating what could have felled the teen.

Dominic Murray, who lived in East Elmhurst in Queens before moving into campus housing, was playing during Open Basketball Night in Nold Hall at about 8:30 p.m. when he fell to the court, said...

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