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=== Deaths === The following is a list of reported deaths related to non-traditional "[[New Age]]" sweat rituals: * Gordon Reynolds, 43 (died November 21, 1996)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dad+dies+in+...gedy-a061269655 | title = Dad dies in tepee 'sauna' tragedy | year = 1995 | publisher = 1996 MGN LTD}}</ref> * Kirsten Babcock, 34 (died 2002)<ref name="2 die in new-age sweat lodge" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2002-06-27/bay-...t-hot-rocks-owl |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709024608/http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-06-27/bay-...t-hot-rocks-owl |url-status=live |archive-date=2012-07-09 |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |title=2 Die in New-Age Sweat Lodge }}</ref> * David Thomas Hawker, 36 (died 2002)<ref>{{cite news | title = 'Quests for dollars': Plastic medicine men proliferate on Internet, abuse ceremonies | newspaper = Navajo Times | date = 5 September 2002 |first=Brenda | last =Norrell}}</ref> * Rowen Cooke, 37 (died 2004)<ref name="2 die in new-age sweat lodge" /> * Paige Martin, 57 (died July 17, 2009)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lowe|first1=John|title=Sauna Death Reported in Noble County|url=http://www.daily-jeff.com/local%20news/2009/07/19/sauna-death-reported-in-noble-county|accessdate=June 7, 2015|work=The Daily Jeffersonian|date=July 19, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608053448/http://www.daily-jeff.com/local%20news/2009/07/19/sauna-death-reported-in-noble-county|archivedate=June 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sangiacomo|first1=Michael|title=Controversial Ohio New Age religious leader resurfaces in Kingman, Ariz.|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/controversial_ohio_new_age_rel.html|accessdate=June 7, 2015|work=The Plain Dealer|date=July 9, 2010}}</ref> * Kirby Brown, 38, of Westtown, NY (died October 9, 2009, at retreat led by [[James Arthur Ray]])<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/10/kirby-brown-sweat-lodge-v_n_316538.html? | work=Huffington Post | title=Kirby Brown: Sweat Lodge Victim's Family Says She Was Fit | date=October 10, 2009 |first = Felicia | last = Fonseca}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/13/kirby.brown.sweat.lodge/index.html?hpt=C1 | work=CNN | first = Ann |last = O'Neill | title=Sweat lodge ends a free spirit's quest | date=22 June 2011}}</ref><ref name=CNN>[http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/18/justice/arizona-sweat-lodge-sentencing/index.html Arizona sweat lodge sentencing], CNN</ref> * Lizbeth Neuman, 49, of Prior Lake, MN (died October 17, 2009, due to injuries sustained at retreat led by James Arthur Ray)<ref name=CNN /> * James Shore, 40, of Milwaukee, WI (died October 9, 2009, at event led by James Arthur Ray)<ref name=CNN /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/63937037.html | title = Man who died in Arizona sweat lodge was Milwaukeean | date = 10 October 2009 | newspaper = Journal Sentinel | location = Milwaukee, Wisconsin }}</ref> * [[Chantal Lavigne case|Chantal Lavigne]], 35, (died July 2011 in Sherbrooke, Québec, after event led by Gabrielle Fréchette)<ref name=CBCsent>{{Cite news|date=8 December 2014|title=Chantal Lavigne's sweating death judge finds 3 guilty of negligence|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chantal-lavigne-s-sweating-death-judge-finds-3-guilty-of-negligence-1.2864387|url-status=live|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113104757/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chantal-lavigne-s-sweating-death-judge-finds-3-guilty-of-negligence-1.2864387|archive-date=13 November 2017}}</ref>
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