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Tony Knight, Comedian, Dead at 54 After 'Freak Accident'

Tony Knight died when he was struck by a large tree branch. He was attending a festival in France.

The creator of the GoFundMe, Jo -- the sister of Knight's partner of over 15 years, Hayley -- did not disclose the cause of death, only that they are all "beyond devastated that his life was taken by a freak accident." "His passion was dogs and he helped people all over the world with his classes both in person, online, on radio and television, ebooks, and more," Jo wrote on Knight's GoFundMe page. He'd been based on our family farm near Beaufort for the past 4 years building a life there with Hayley and proving to be a bit of a handy man ..he just put his mind to something and he did it!

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