Joe Anderson, the mayor pro tem of Englewood, Colorado, has sadly passed away at the age of 45.
Joe Anderson, the mayor pro tem of Englewood, Colorado, south of Denver, has sadly passed away at the age of 45. His death came suddenly while hiking on one of Colorado’s highest mountains on Friday, August 28.
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According to The Denver Gazette, Anderson was struggling to breathe during the hike, eventually losing consciousness.
“The Summit County Sheriff’s Office responded to the lower slopes of Quandary Peak around 6:40 a.m. Friday to reports of an unconscious hiker who had stopped breathing,” the Denver Gazette reports. “Authorities did not release the hiker’s name but reported that he had died at the scene.”…