Mark J. Coyle was a

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. Coyle started as a radio reporter, but in the early 1990s he moved into public relations. In 1996, he worked for former astronaut

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, who ran unsuccessfully for governor of West Virginia, and he later played a key role in

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's 2000 victory in that state. More recently he directed media relations for the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, founded by

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.. He died October 13, 2007, at age 42, in a

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on his way to a football game at

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where he had been a student at the

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