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Mother identified as person killed in fall at daughter’s graduation ceremony at Ohio State

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A woman who fell from the stands to her death during a graduation ceremony at Ohio State University last weekend has been identified as a woman whose daughter received her diploma.

The Franklin County coroner’s office said the 53-year-old was pronounced dead Sunday just outside Ohio Stadium in Columbus. The Columbus Dispatch, citing coroner’s documents, reported that the death was being investigated as an apparent suicide.