BP-Gulf Oil Disaster Critic Found Dead

Oil Industry expert Matt Simmons was a staunch critic of BP's handling and reporting on the gulf oil disaster...he was found dead.

Matt Simmons apparently drowned at his home Sunday night

NORTH HAVEN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - The Rockland area is mourning the loss of the man who had hoped to make the city the heart of a new energy industry. Matthew Simmons, a longtime summer resident of Rockport, died Sunday night at a summer house on North Haven island. He was 67 years old. According to the Medical Examiner's office, Simmons drowned. A statement earlier in the day from the Ocean Energy institute in Rockland, which Simmons created, said Simmons suffered a heart attack while using his hot tub. The Medical Examiner's office says Simmons was suffering from heart disease, which may have been a contributing factor in the drowning.

Editor's note: When Matt Simmons spoke on the existence of oil venting from the ocean floor, investors listened, and The Street responded: New BP Seepage Spooking Investors.

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