Date Deceased: april-8-2004
Age at Death: 33
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Survived ByKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 33-year-old Cass County man died on Thursday when he fell from the roof of an apartment complex where he was installing chimney caps.

Royce Martinson (pictured, left) had three young children to take care of. So, despite having been through one kidney transplant and needing another, he almost never called in sick to work, KMBC's Martin Augustine reported.

"I worried about him all the time," Martinson's wife said. "The many days that he said he didn't want to get out there, didn't want to go. He didn't feel like going. He was tired, he was rundown -- he still went out and did it for his kids."

Martinson continued showing up for work through tremendous fatigue and pain. But on Thursday, he apparently slipped, lost his balance and fell to his death.

Martinson's family wants to know if all safety precautions were being followed at his job site. Augustine contacted Martinson's employer late in the day, but the company did not immediately return the call.

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