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By James Alder, About.com Guide to Football

University of Pittsburgh Receiver Suffers Fatal Fall

Thursday June 19, 2003
University of Pittsburgh wide receiver Billy Gaines died Wednesday after he fell 25 to 30 feet from the ceiling of a church. Apparently he had been living at St. Anne Church in Homestead because his apartment had been destroyed by fire.

According to Associated Press reports, Gaines climbed into a crawl space above the church's ceiling before falling on a pew below. Reports say he was alone at the time of the accident.

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