Farmingdale State student Dominic Murray was playing basketball on campus at about 8:30 p.m. Monday when he fell to the ground, officials said. He died soon after.

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Murray was pronounced dead at New Island Hospital in Bethpage on Oct. 5. The Nassau County Medical Examiner's office is investigating Murray's death.

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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.

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