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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Hockney assistant death: 'no obvious natural cause'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-21826586
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David Hockney's assistant has died after he was taken to hospital from the artist's home.
Dominic Elliott, 23, was pronounced dead at Scarborough General Hospital at about 06:00 GMT on Sunday after being driven there from the house in Bridlington, East Yorkshire.
Humberside Police said there were no signs of violence and they were trying to establish what had happened.
A post mortem examination is due to take place on Tuesday.
World-renowned artist Hockney, 75, has been one of Britain's most celebrated artists for about half a century.
A major show of Hockney's landscapes at the Royal Academy last year, titled A Bigger Picture, attracted more than 600,000 people.
He was born in Bradford in 1937 but now lives in the seaside town of Bridlington and has spent the last few years painting the landscapes of the East Yorkshire Wolds.
Mr Elliott had sat for the artist on more than one occasion at his studio.
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