Prominent Dallas Attorney Found Dead in His Car. Along with Jim “The Texas Hammer” Adler in Houston, Loncar was one of the first personal injury attorneys in the state to rely heavily on television advertisements. Loncar was found unresponsive in his Rolls-Royce parked outside the offices of Loncar & Associates in downtown Dallas.
Loncar, a personal injury attorney who appeared in TV commercials across Texas, was found dead on Dec. 4 inside a Rolls Royce parked in front of his law office.
Loncar, a personal injury attorney who appeared in TV commercials across Texas, was found dead on Dec. 4 inside a Rolls Royce parked in front of his law office. Two days earlier, Loncar buried his youngest daughter, 16-year-old Grace, who committed suicide on Nov. 25.
Dallas Attorney, Polio Survivor Lives in Iron Lung. Next came Southern Methodist University, where he got around with the help of volunteers from Alpha Phi Omega fraternity before transferring to UT, along with his iron lung. There, he earned his bachelor's degree in 1978, then his law degree in 1984.
Loncar is survived by his wife, Sue, who is the artistic director of the Contemporary Theatre of Dallas; five children, David, Patrick, Sally, Hailey and Abby; and his parents, Sue and Phil Loncar.
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Stepson David Long said that a team at Baylor had notified the family that Loncar's death was probably caused by a heart attack. Neither Baylor officials nor the medical examiner's office could confirm that. "Our family is filled with enormous sadness and profound grief," Loncar's family said in a statement Sunday.
DALLAS, TX -- An autopsy on a prominent personal injury lawyer found unresponsive in his car showed that he died of an accidental cocaine overdose.
The Dallas County medical examiner's office says the autopsy showed hypertension and hardening of the arteries were secondary factors in the 56-year-old lawyer's death.
Loncar's firm was based in Dallas , but his firm handled cases across the state.
At the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his bachelor's and law degrees, students crowded his open dorm door and gawked. Later, clients visiting his home waited awhile before they ultimately asked: What is that thing you're in? Is it a sauna?
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He was rushed to the hospital, where he underwent a tracheotomy and woke up in a plastic, steam-filled tent. By then, he was already in an iron lung, with no idea what was happening. "I figured I'd gone to hell," he says.
The 56-year-old’s high blood pressure and heart disease were listed as secondary causes. The Texas lawyer who was found dead just two days after his youngest daughter's funeral died from an accidental cocaine overdose, officials said.
The 56-year-old's high blood pressure and heart disease were listed as secondary causes, WFAA reported. Texas attorney Brian Loncar died from a cocaine overdose just two days after his youngest daughter's funeral.