The office has not confirmed media reports that family members said they were told Loncar probably died of a heart attack. Loncar died two days after he buried his 16-year-old daughter, Grace. She shot herself on Nov. 26 after a years-long battle with depression.
DALLAS (CN) — Prominent Dallas personal injury attorney Brian Loncar was found dead in his car outside his law office Sunday, two days after he buried his teenage daughter, who’d committed suicide. Loncar, 56, was known throughout Texas for his television commercials that ran for decades.
"He was hurting and I think a lot of us just hurt with him," Montes said.
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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 lawyer Brian Loncar died Sunday, two days after the funeral for his 16-year-old daughter, who killed herself Nov. 26.
The prominent personal-injury lawyer made a name for himself as the "Strong Arm," a moniker that became a household phrase thanks to a series of TV ads that he starred in. Dallas lawyer Brian Loncar died Sunday, two days after the funeral for his 16-year-old daughter, who killed herself Nov. 26. Police found Loncar, 56, unresponsive about 9:45 a.m.