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It appears to be just one of those things. A woman was found dead sitting in a hearse outside the Beverly Hills Hotel. Beverly Hills police Lt. Lincoln Hoshino told the LA Weekly that the woman was en route to a funeral when she may have pulled over and died, apparently of natural causes.
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Hearse driver dies behind the wheel in Beverly Hills
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