Kentucky’s first medical examiner, Dr. George Nichols, dies at 77
November 22, 2024 |
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Dr. George Nichols, who built Kentucky’s medical examiner’s program from the ground up and ran it for 20 years, died Wednesday in Louisville. He was 77.
Over two and a half decades as a deputy coroner in Hamilton County, Ohio, and then as the Kentucky’s chief medical examiner, Nichols witnessed the aftermath of some of the state’s largest tragedies — from mine disasters to a supper club fire that killed 165 people to a bus crash that left 27 people dead.
He estimated that he conducted more than 10,000 autopsies during his career and said once that he could complete a simple one in the time it takes to walk a mile.
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