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Denver man chokes to death during Voodoo donut challenge

The corporate logo adorns one of the windows of the storefront of Voodoo Doughnuts on East Colfax Avenue in Denver on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. A man trying to eat a half-pound glazed doughnut in 80 seconds as part of the shop's eating challenge choked to death Sunday at the business. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
The corporate logo adorns one of the windows of the storefront of Voodoo Doughnuts on East Colfax Avenue in Denver on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. A man trying to eat a half-pound glazed doughnut in 80 seconds as part of the shop's eating challenge choked to death Sunday at the business. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Voodoo Doughnut has suspended its eating challenge at seven locations across the nation and in Taiwan after a 42-year-old man choked to death early Sunday while apparently participating in the contest/Denver Post. More here.

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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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