Here are six key notes:
1. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner concluded that the death was an accident.
2. The medical examiner’s report noted that the death was caused by a “blunt force head injury sustained in an apparent fall.”
3. The report also noted that intoxication by alcohol was involved.
4. There were no witnesses to Dr. Robert’s fall, stated authorities.
5. Dr. Robert, 50, was chief of anesthesiology at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
6. The accident occurred when Dr. Robert was on his way home from a Christmas party at work.
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