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Man who received community's help paying electric bill dies An Overland Park man who got help from the community to pay a $4,000 electric bill that led to his service being shut off has died. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT CASE TO THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN THE MORNING. THE WOMAN REMAINS IN JAIL. LARA: TONIGHT, AN OVERLAND PARK FAMILY REMEMBERS A LOVED ONE ROBERT ROBERTS. , >> THIS WHERE HE SAT RIGH HERE, AND HE HAD ALL OF HI STUFF ON THE TABLE THERE. THAT IS HIS FAN. LARA: THAT'S BOBBY ROBERTS REMEMBERING HIS 78-YEAR-OLD FATHER WHO PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT AT A HOSPITAL. HE WAS ADMITTED FRIDAY FOR A LUNG INFECTION. THE OVERLAND PARK FAMILY APPEARED ON OUR NEWS LAST MONTH, WHEN A NEIGHBOR ALLOWED THEM T USE AN EXTENSION CORD TO PLUG IN ROBERT'S OXYGEN TANK AND FANS. DONATIONS CAME FLOODING IN, ALLOWING THEM TO PAY THE $4000 ELECTRICITY BILL AND RESTORE POWER TO THEIR HOME. MY DAD WAS DOING REAL GOOD BUT LAST NIGHT HE PASSED AWAY AT 9:48 I GUESS, YOU KNOW, HE NEVER RECOVERED. I DON'T KNOW, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED. LARA: KCPL DID TURN THE POWER BACK ON. ROBERTS SAYS HIS FAMILY IS BEYOND GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE THAT CHIPPED IN TO HELP PAY HIS ELECTRICTY BILL. HIS FAMILY IS NOW TRYING TO COME