New York, NY +Doctor Suspected In Blowing Up His Building Dies

New York, NY - The New York doctor suspected of blowing up his townhouse rather than lose it in a divorce settlement has died.
Doctor Nicholas Bartha was badly injured in the blast last Monday and died at a hospital in New York. The explosion destroyed the four-story landmark in Manhattan's Upper East Side at 34 East 62nd Street.

Police had been unable to speak to Bartha because of his condition but have said they were investigating whether the blast was intentional.

Somebody had tampered with the gas line in the basement. And Bartha's ex-wife says she got an e-mail from him shortly before the explosion warning she would be, quote. "transformed from gold digger to ash and rubbish digger." The message added, "I always told you I will leave the house only if I am dead."

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His death was ruled a suicide.