Race Salazar

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Full Name: Race Salazar
Cause of Death:
MySpace URL: http://www.myspace.com/7844746
News Article: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/auburnjournal/obituary.aspx?n=race-matthew-salazar&pid=140251270
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Race Matthew
Salazar
11/23/1990 - 2/20/2010

Age 19 of Folsom, Calif., passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 20, 2010 in his dormitory room at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Race, born November 23, 1990 in Laguna Beach, Calif., was the beloved son of Eric and Karie Salazar of Folsom. He graduated from Folsom High School in 2009 and was currently enrolled at UNLV, majoring in Landscape Architecture. Race was an excellent student, athlete and talented musician. He enjoyed playing both the violin and guitar, entertaining family and friends as well as a good game of Texas Hold'em.
Race is survived by his mother and father Karie and Eric; brother Miles of Hawaii; maternal grandparents Marilyn and Bruce Rakow; paternal grandmother Amanda Salazar; aunts and uncles Kim and Don Trylovich, Denise Salazar, Lisa and Alan Dowell, Rick Salazar and Tevis; cousins Nicholas, Danitza and Tori Trylovich, Nelson and Cody Dowell.
A celebration of Race's life will be held 11 a.m. Friday, March 5, 2010 at Rolling Hills Christian Church, 800 White Rock Road in El Dorado Hills. Visitation will be on Thursday evening, March 4, 2010 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Green Valley Mortuary, 3004 Alexandrite Road, Rescue, CA.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Race Salazar's Memorial Fund at the time of the memorial service.

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http://unlvrebelyell.com/2010/02/26/student-found-dead-in-tonopah-hall-dorm/

Student found dead in Tonopah Hall dorm
February 26, 2010 by Leslie Ventura

A UNLV freshman was found dead inside his dorm room on Monday afternoon.

The Clark County Coroner’s Office confirmed that the student was Race Matthew Salazar, a 19-year-old majoring in landscape architecture.

The Coroner’s Office conducted an autopsy Tuesday in the course of investigating the cause of death but results have not been released as of publication time.

A statement released by UNLV Public Affairs said Salazar was found in his room in Tonopah Hall at approximately 1 p.m. on Monday. There were no signs of foul play.

Molly Quirk, a meeting and events management freshman, lived on the same floor as Salazar and expressed her shock upon hearing the news about her friend.

Quirk said the day she found out, a group of people were in the hallway talking about the incident. Later, Quirk and the other residents spoke with the residents assistant who later told them that Salazar had died.

Prior to the coroner’s office’s confirmation, The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on Feb. 22 that a student was found dead in Tonopah Hall. While the article noted the possibility that Salazar died from an accidental drug overdose, a statement issued by UNLV Public Affairs said that “Any statements in the media about an apparent cause of death, notably those published by the Review-Journal and attributed to an unrecognized UNLV source, are speculative.”

Quirk told The Rebel Yell she wants everyone to remember Salazar as “an optimistic guy. “

“Me and my roommate would hang out with him all the time,” Quirk said.

“When I saw him he seemed perfectly fine,” Quirk said, although they only greeted each other in passing.

“Everyone pretty much knew or loved [him],” Quirk said.

“He was a great guy. He was very friendly and outgoing. He was easy to talk to just kind of like a go to guy.”

Quirk thinks Salazar was in the process of becoming a resident assistant and knew that he was close with many of the people in the RA program.

She said that Salazar’s death was a shock to everyone.

“It was just so random and everyone that saw him beforehand said he seemed perfectly fine,” Quirk said.

“That’s why it seemed so shocking. There wasn’t really anything anyone could have done because…he was perfectly fine.”