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FILE- In this July 18, 2007 file photo, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Charles Hirsch looks on during a news conference celebrating the opening of the new Forensic Biology Laboratory at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York. Hirsch, the doctor who oversaw the New York City medical examiner's office for more than two decades and whose staff helped identify thousands of 9/11 victims has died at the age of 79. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Hirsch's death on Friday, April 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
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