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71-year-old was Phila.'s first victim of heat wave

A 71-year-old man who was found unresponsive in a parked car late Monday in North Philadelphia has become the city's first victim of the current heat wave, officials said yesterday.

A 71-year-old man who was found unresponsive in a parked car late Monday in North Philadelphia has become the city's first victim of the current heat wave, officials said yesterday.

Griffin Lloyd, of the city's Fairhill section, was pronounced dead on arrival at Temple University Hospital, said Jeff Moran, spokesman for the Medical Examiner's Office.

A postmortem examination determined that Lloyd died of heart disease, diabetes and heat stress, Moran said.

Monday was one of the hottest days of the year so far, with the temperature reaching 96 degrees at Philadelphia International Airport. - Joseph A. Gambardello