Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dead at age 79
News reports have come out saying that United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been found dead at a Texas luxury resort on Saturday, February 13, 2016. Justice Scalia was 79 at the time of his reported death. According to local Texas news publication ABC KVIA7, Scalia was on a hunting trip at Cibolo Creek Ranch outside of Marfa, Texas when he died. According to KIVA’s source, Scalia did not make any complaints of feeling ill before going to his room after dinner. He was found dead in his room the next morning after not showing up for breakfast.
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