Article: Anxiety rises after California's first West Nile death, in Fullerton.

The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 24--The name of the first person in California to die of West Nile virus emerged Friday as worried residents flooded Orange County's mosquito-control agency with calls a day after officials announced the death.

James Damiano, 57, had been on kidney dialysis when he died June 24 at a Fullerton nursing home, a family member said.

"I was there when he died," said brother Joe Damiano of Rancho Cucamonga. "They told me heart failure. Now I find out it was different stuff."

James Damiano was a florist and once owned his own shop. He grew up in Gardena but had ...

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