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Stuart Robert Smith, owner of the surf shop Bikini Bar at 148 Duane Street, fell to his death from the building's roof early Sunday morning. Smith was a deep-sea diver for the Navy; he opened the tropical-themed Tribeca boutique with his designer wife in 1997. According to the Post, the NYPD is investigating his fall as an accident. [NYP]

148 Duane Street, New York NY