21.   The cause was a heart attack, said a colleague, Dr. Petra Christina Hardt.

22.   The cause was apparently a heart attack, said former colleagues of his at WCBS.

23.   The cause was AIDS, said a colleague, Marie-Elizabeth Roy.

24.   The cause was lymphoma, said colleagues at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod.

25.   The cause was pneumonia, said a colleague, Tony Mead of the National Cancer Institute.

26.   The East Texas lawmaker also looked after the wider interests of the Lone Star State, said his colleagues in the Texas delegation.

27.   Longtime International Committee of the Red Cross representative and human rights campaigner Cedric Neukomm died Tuesday after a massive heart attack, colleagues said.

28.   Recent statements have emerged implying that the painting in fact was not seriously damaged, said his colleague, Lt. Col. Francesco Benedetti.

29.   Shrapnel struck Agence France-Presse journalist Matthew Lee of New York in his left arm, colleagues said.

30.   Seven others have fled the country amid threats, said the colleagues.