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Hofstra professor Robert Emmett Bowen III, 45, dies

Originally published: September 4, 2010 7:21 PM
Updated: September 4, 2010 8:54 PM
By JOIE TYRRELL  joie.tyrrell@newsday.com

Quick ReadRobert Emmett Bowen III died Monday after being struck by a truck in a hit-and-run accident on Second Avenue in Manhattan.

Robert Emmett Bowen III, a highly regarded bass

Photo credit: Handout | Robert Emmett Bowen III, a highly regarded bass player from Astoria who also was a well-respected music professor at Hofstra University, died Aug. 30, after being struck by a truck in a hit-and-run accident on Second Avenue in Manhattan while riding his bicycle. Bowen, a father of two school-age children, was 45. Newsday's obituary for Robert Emmett Bowen III

Robert Emmett Bowen III, a highly regarded bass player from Astoria who also was a well-respected music professor at Hofstra University, died Monday after being struck by a truck in a hit-and-run accident on Second Avenue in Manhattan while riding his bicycle. Bowen, a father of two school-age children, was 45.

No arrests have been made in the crash, Bowen's family said.

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