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TV personality Bethenny Frankel's ex-boyfriend found dead in Trump Tower

Spencer Platt

<p> Trump Tower stands along 5th Avenue in Manhattan. It is seen here March 12, 2016.</p>

By: Scripps National

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Dennis Shields was found dead Friday inside his Trump Tower apartment.

Shields is the on-again, off-again ex-boyfriend of TV personality and Skinny Girl brand creator Bethenny Frankel.

Shields, age 51, may have died because of a drug overdose. His assistant administered Narcan to him, according to TMZ and the New York Post.

Bethenny Frankel's Boyfriend Dennis Shields Dead of Apparent Overdose https://t.co/FOhAvM5Tgu
— TMZ (@TMZ) August 10, 2018

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