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A 71-year-old Japanese tourist died Friday night after falling about seven metres from a perimeter wall of the Pantheon in Rome, authorities said. Emergency doctors, local police and firefighters forced an external gate to reach him, but he could not be saved. Investigators are examining whether he leaned out too far—possibly to take a photo—or was overcome by illness, as reported by his daughter, who was traveling with him. The incident, around 9:50 p.m. on Via della Palombella, is the second such fall in the city this year, after a woman died near the Spanish Steps in March.

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