VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) — A 62-year-old man died when his television fell on him, apparently when he grabbed it to pull himself up after a fall. Herbert Barclay died Tuesday evening. Knox County Coroner Gordon Becher listed the cause of death as asphyxiation due to compression by a blunt object. The television, a large one designed to sit directly on the floor, was instead resting on a 14-inch table, so it was unstable even before Barclay tried to use it as leverage to pick himself up, Becher said. He did not know how much it weighed. An autopsy report wasn't back yet this morning, but the coroner said Barclay, who weighed about 160 pounds, likely died quickly. A friend found the body when he checked on Barclay on Wednesday morning, Becher said. The victim lived alone.

Filed at 10:11 a.m. EST, November 13, 1998 by The Associated Press