Man Suffers Heart Attack, Dies After SLIPKNOT Concert

January 26, 2009

Chad Nation of Nonpareil Online reports that a man died after a SLIPKNOT concert at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa on Sunday, January 25.

Rick Benson, EMS director, said after the concert was over at 10:30 p.m., Cory Nickels, 29, was not feeling well. As rescue personnel assisted him, Nickels suffered cardiac arrest.

Benson said CPR was performed and Nickels was transported by ambulance to Jennie Edmundson Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Council Bluffs Police Criminal Investigation Division Sgt. Ray Mabbitt said investigators are still trying to determine where Nickels is from. Mabbitt said an autopsy was scheduled for today.

Friends said that Nickels had a family history of heart problems, Mabbitt said.

Read the entire report from Nonpareil Online.

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