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We have some sad news to report out of California, where a young Biglaw associate recently passed away after completing the Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon.
Bobby Caleb Graves, 35, a graduate of Georgetown Law, was an associate in the Los Angeles office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. A Disney enthusiast and long-distance runner, Graves documented his journey on TikTok, and worried about the scorching heat, posted a video the day before the event where he said, “I really hope I get through the race tomorrow morning.”
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On the day of the race, Graves experienced a cardiac event, just after crossing the finish line. PEOPLE has additional details on Graves’s untimely death:
Anaheim Police Sgt. Matt Sutter confirms to PEOPLE that … Graves … collapsed just after crossing the race’s finish line, which took place early in the morning amid a record, triple-digit heatwave in Southern California. …
Sutter adds: “As soon as he crossed the finish line, he started grabbing his chest. One of the workers noticed and ran up to him and caught him before he collapsed.” …
Sutter adds that medics “noticed he went into cardiac arrest, performed life-saving measures and transported him right away to the hospital.”
“They worked on him for an hour, but he was pronounced deceased at the hospital,” Sutter tells PEOPLE.
Per CNN, Disneyland Resort spokesperson Jessica Good offered the following statement on Graves’s death: “We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss….”
We here at Above the Law extend our condolences to Caleb Graves’s family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time.
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TikToker, 35, Posts Haunting Final Videos Days Before Collapsing and Dying at Disney Half Marathon [PEOPLE]
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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on X/Twitter and Threads or connect with her on LinkedIn.