# Mummified man found infront of TV **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 18, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101 "2007-02-18T10:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/1 "2007-02-18T10:40:46Z")
[link to source](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mummified18feb18,1,7225387.story?coll=la-headlines-nation) > Mummified man found in front of TV, still on > By Sandra Peddie and Susana Enriquez, Newsday > February 18, 2007 > > SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Southampton police responding to burst water pipes in a Hampton Bays home found the mummified body of the owner — dead for more than a year — sitting in a chair in front of a television. > > The television was still on. > > Vincenzo Riccardi, 70, appeared to have died of natural causes in his home, said Dr. Stuart Dawson, Suffolk County deputy chief medical examiner. > > The medical examiner’s office considered Riccardi’s body mummified because the lack of humidity in his home preserved his features, morgue assistant Jeff Bacchus said. > > “You could see his face. He still had hair on his head,” Bacchus said. “I’ve never seen anyone dead that long.” > > Police and county sources said Riccardi, whose body was found Thursday, had not been heard from since December 2005. The medical examiners said they were baffled as to why the electricity would be on in the home all that time. > > “He was in his house, sitting in his chair, as if watching television, and the television was, in fact, still on,” Dawson said. > > Riccardi lived alone; his wife had died years ago, Dawson said. Mail had piled up, but then delivery stopped. > > Neighbors said Riccardi had diabetes and had become blind in his 50s. His house was up a long driveway and could not be seen from the street. ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/2 "2007-02-18T10:44:17Z")
crazy ---
**Author:** ![cleanquick306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@cleanquick306](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cleanquick306)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/3 "2007-02-18T10:45:38Z")
Thats crazy ---
**Author:** ![yelo69](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yelo69/32/6023_2.png) [@yelo69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yelo69)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/4 "2007-02-18T11:04:00Z")
Thats probably what I’ll look like by the time I get called back to work in April! ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/5 "2007-02-18T12:13:22Z")
i cant believe noone even thought to look for this guy… “hmmm mail is piling up at a really old guys house. lets just stop going up to his house” fuckin morons ---
**Author:** ![neonracer01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@neonracer01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonracer01)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/6 "2007-02-18T12:21:30Z")
no family to call him and was the cable still on? ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/7 "2007-02-18T12:23:31Z")
wow! thats pretty bizarre. His utilities were not turned off because if a person has diabetes in the house I believe its illegal for the utility companies to cut power since it could in fact be life threatening since the insulin has to be cold. What an interesting story though ---
**Author:** ![neonracer01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@neonracer01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonracer01)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/8 "2007-02-18T12:28:03Z")
even cable? ---
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/9 "2007-02-18T13:40:25Z")
> [@04/22/2007 ECC-N WNY Event 1 Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/04-22-2007-ecc-n-wny-event-1-thread/27647/289): > > even cable? It just said the television was on. Contrary to popular belief, televisions can be on despite the lack of cable. Maybe he was watching a channel over the air, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![neonracer01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@neonracer01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonracer01)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/10 "2007-02-18T14:24:22Z")
> [@arrrgh. Treo 650 help please](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arrrgh-treo-650-help-please/28087/15): > > It just said the television was on. Contrary to popular belief, televisions can be on despite the lack of cable. Maybe he was watching a channel over the air, perhaps? you got me… also it say’s he was blind in his 50’s ---
**Author:** ![85TransAm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/e68b1a/32.png) [@85TransAm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/85TransAm)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/11 "2007-02-18T14:34:19Z")
cool but crazy ---
**Author:** ![newchic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newchic/32/5989_2.png) [@newchic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newchic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/12 "2007-02-18T17:01:58Z")
very interesting read… I thought someone found Eurodad on the couch. I was going to tell everyone not to panic. He does that everyday. = ) ---
**Author:** ![eurodad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eurodad/32/5988_2.png) [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/13 "2007-02-18T17:13:48Z")
someone has to hold it down, it’s not paid for yet. ---
**Author:** ![neonracer01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@neonracer01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonracer01)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/14 "2007-02-18T17:22:42Z")
> [@Rusty Strut Towers need replacement](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rusty-strut-towers-need-replacement/28154/2): > > someone has to hold it down, it’s not paid for yet. im availible on weekends if you need help with the hold down.:blue: ---
**Author:** ![SCHMEIDER](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/schmeider/32/6032_2.png) [@SCHMEIDER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SCHMEIDER)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/15 "2007-02-18T18:07:32Z")
wow thats pretty crazy ---
**Author:** ![munster\_ek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/munster_ek/32/5977_2.png) [@munster\_ek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/munster_ek)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/16 "2007-02-18T18:38:42Z")
Wait…he went blind in his 50s, but was WATCHING tv? I know. I know. He could listen to it. I couldn’t resist, though. ---
**Author:** ![neonracer01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@neonracer01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonracer01)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/17 "2007-02-19T15:24:22Z")
how would he know whats on? not to be an asshole but i can see and still dont know sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![red04cavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@red04cavy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/red04cavy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/18 "2007-02-20T12:29:20Z")
This story is sad, bizarre, whatever. I just can’t get one question out of my head… I wonder what he was watching? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/19 "2007-02-20T18:52:55Z")
Channel \ all day, all night! ---
**Author:** ![neonracer01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@neonracer01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonracer01)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101/20 "2007-02-21T18:34:16Z")
> [@Saturday's cruise....(few pics)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturdays-cruise-few-pics/28053/25): > > This story is sad, bizarre, whatever. I just can’t get one question out of my head… > > I wonder what he was watching? > > 🤣 he was waiting for mtv to play a video… that was’nt a rap video and died. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mummified-man-found-infront-of-tv/188101.md?page=2)