The Lake County Coroner's Office and Gary Police are investigating the death of a 44 year old Portage man. The Coroner's Office reports an investigative team was dispatched just before 9 this morning to the 11-hundredth block of Benton Street in Gary, where a body identified as that of Norman Klaus was pronounced deceased at 9:45 this morning. Authorities report injuries and the cause of death are pending, and no further information is available at this time.

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