Australian diplomat dies in New York after falling from balcony

An Australian diplomat has died after accidentally falling from his balcony in New York City while drinking with friends.

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Julian Simpson, 30, the second secretary to the Australian Mission to the United Nations, died in the early hours of this morning when he fell from a 7th floor balcony to a 2nd floor landing at his apartment on Clinton Street in Manhattan, a NYPD spokesman told the ABC

 

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