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Robert Emmett Bowen III, a highly regarded bass player from Astoria who also was a well-respected music professor at Hofstra University, died Monday after being struck by a truck in a hit-and-run accident on Second Avenue in Manhattan while riding his bicycle. Bowen, a loving father of two school-age children, was 45. (Photo: Newsday)

Truck Strikes, Kills Popular Hofstra U. Professor

A professor, struck and killed while riding his bike in Manhattan, was being remembered fondly Tuesday.

2010/09/07

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