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Body pulled from Lake Michigan in South Chicago

The 64-year-old man was found unresponsive in the water Sunday afternoon in the 9100 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, authorities said.

By Sun-Times Wire

The Chicago Fire Department pulled a man from Lake Michigan Sunday afternoon.

A 64-year-old man was found dead in Lake Michigan Sunday afternoon in the South Chicago neighborhood.

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He was found unresponsive in the water around 3:40 p.m. in the 9100 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, according to Chicago police.

He was pulled from the water by the Chicago Fire Department and was pronounced dead, police said.

Autopsy results have not been released.

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