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The Appanoose County Sheriff s Office confirmed Saturday that a fisherman had died on Rathbun Lake in southern Iowa.
Authorities received a report of an unresponsive person in the water around 1:45 p.m. Friday near the lake s Island View Boat Ramp, according to a news release from the sheriff s office.
Witnesses said they had earlier seen the man fishing on a boat, then five minutes later saw him floating in the water unresponsive, the news release said.
Nearby boaters attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the man, who was 79. Emergency personnel brought him to the boat ramp and attempted further life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, the news release said.