# Queensland coroner finds six-year-old boy died from scurvy

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- The Guardian, 2026-09-03 03:32 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/03/six-year-old-queensland-boy-dies-from-scurvy-vitamin-c-disease-19th-century-ntwnfb

> A Queensland coroner found that Brisbane six-year-old Connor Dean’s fatal brain damage was most likely linked to severe vitamin C deficiency and scurvy. He had longstanding dietary concerns, ate no fruit or vegetables, and took a multivitamin without vitamin C. The coroner found insufficient evidence that the product caused or contributed to his death, focusing instead on the failure to detect the deficiency in time.