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Central NY’s victim of EEE was healthy, avid outdoorsman, long-time volunteer firefighter

Central NY’s victim of EEE was healthy, avid outdoorsman, long-time volunteer firefighter
health10/1/2025

He’s first person in the region to die of the rare mosquito-borne illness in 10 years.

Sullivan, N.Y. - At 79 years old, George Caswell Baker Jr. was in great shape for his age, his family said. He was completing half-marathons into his 70s and could still run a few miles. He even started training to try to run in the Utica Boilermaker... [3002 chars]