An American surgeon who treated Bono after he was involved in a serious bike crash has been found dead in his apartment with a knife sticking out of his chest.

Dr. Dean Lorich's body was discovered by his 11-year old daughter on the bathroom floor of his New York apartment on Sunday morning.

He had a knife wound in his chest and police are saying that it appears that he died by suicide as there were no signs of a break in or struggle.

Dr. Lorich was notable for when he performed surgery on U2's Bono, after he had a nasty accident in Central Park. In 2014, Bono was cycling in Central Park when he lost control of his bike and fractured his eye socket, shoulder and elbow.


NYpost.com is reporting that Dr. Lorich performed multiple surgeries on him while he was hospitalised.

On U2's new album there is a song called Lights of Home which many speculate is about Bono's near fatal crash in New York. The first line of the song is "I shouldn't be here 'cause I should be dead."

The Daily Mail is reporting that Dr. Lorich was being sued by an ex-NFL player over a botched 'career ending' surgery but it is unclear if that led to his death in any way.