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Officers introduced {that a} man was discovered lifeless at Disney World on Friday evening, rocking the resort as the most recent tragedy in a string of deaths reported in current months.
Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace (OCSO) instructed FOX Enterprise Monday that the demise is being investigated as a potential suicide.
The incident occurred within the Orange Storage of Disney Springs, a purchasing and leisure advanced within the sprawling Florida theme park.
“On January 2, 2026, at roughly 9:00 p.m., deputies responded to the Disney Springs Orange Storage on East Buena Vista Drive and found a person who was deceased,” OCSO mentioned. “This incident is being investigated as a potential suicide.”
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Friday’s incident follows a number of fatalities at Disney resorts in current months, bringing the full variety of deaths reported at Disney World since its 1971 opening to roughly 70.
On Nov. 8, a physique was discovered at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa in Lake Buena Vista, based on the New York Put up.
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Almost per week earlier, a girl in her 40s died after being taken from Disney’s Pop Century Resort to a close-by hospital, OCSO beforehand instructed Fox Information Digital.
Reviews additionally present that three company died inside a two-week interval in October.
In late October, the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Workplace instructed FOX Enterprise that a person in his 60s was discovered lifeless from an obvious suicide on the Modern Resort, a deluxe resort positioned close to Magic Kingdom.
The Put up added that one other man in his 60s suffered a medical emergency two days earlier at Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground and was transported to a hospital, the place he later died.
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Previous to that, a 31-year-old girl recognized as Disney superfan Summer time Equitz was reportedly discovered lifeless from an obvious suicide at Disney’s Modern Resort.
FOX Enterprise’ Pilar Arias and Fox Information Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
