A visitor on a walking tour at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West was killed in a freak accident on Friday when a piece of debris from the building’s roof fell and hit his head, the New York Times reports.
The victim, identified as Brother Rogério Renato Mateucci, the rector of Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná in Brazil, was touring the UNESCO World Heritage site in Scottsdale, Arizona, when strong winds—the local weather service reported gusts up to 32 miles per hour —dislodged a piece of the roof at around 2 p.m. According to the Scottsdale fire department, he died instantly. No other injuries occurred.
“The Foundation extends its deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the individual who died Friday, October 16, following an accident at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona,” the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation shared in a comment to AD .…