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We have tragic news to report out of London today:

Ben Duncan, the UK reality star and longtime friend of Prince William and Kate Middleton, has passed away.

He was just 45 years old.

News of Duncan’s passing comes courtesy of a statement from the London police.

London police confirm Ben Duncan’s cause of death

According to a statement issued to the Daily Mail , Duncan “fell about 100 feet off a rooftop bar (on the seventh floor) at London’s Trafalgar St. James Hotel.”

A spokesperson says that “officers responded to concerns for a man on the roof of a building in Cockspur Street, Westminster.”

“The man sadly fell from height. Despite the best efforts from the London Ambulance service, he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene,” the statement added. “

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