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Body of Broadway stage tech found in river

People gather outside the site of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark the day after the official opening is postponed again as the musical will undergo an overhaul which could delay the opening until June at Foxwoods Theatre in New York City on March 9, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo

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Published: July 6, 2012 at 5:14 PM

NEW YORK, July 6 (UPI) -- A 27-year-old video technician for Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" and "Ghost" was found dead in New York's Hudson River, police said.

Jason Lindahl disappeared Sunday morning from his Queens apartment after sending suicidal e-mails to friends, police said. His fully clothed body washed up just north of the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan Wednesday night, the New York Daily News reported.

A handwritten suicide note was found at his home, the report said.

An autopsy was being conducted, the newspaper said.

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