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Print this pageRenowned Artist Found Dead
2/12/2010

Vail Police responded to a death investigation at a Vail Village hotel at 8:20 a.m.  today (2/12), where Steve Kaufman, 49, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., was found dead in his hotel room. When Kaufman failed to attend a breakfast meeting with his friend earlier in the morning, his friend became worried and went to Kaufman’s room to check on him, where he found Kaufman on the floor unresponsive and called 911.

Vail Police and an Eagle County Deputy Coroner were called to the hotel to conduct an investigation. Preliminary investigation indicates Kaufman most likely died from natural causes. An autopsy will determine final cause and manner of death.

Kaufman, an internationally-acclaimed artist, had arrived in Vail yesterday to take part in a show featuring his work.

For more information, contact Cmdr Bettis at (970) 479-2352.