Hallmark star Dayle Haddon dies aged 76 after suspected carbon monoxide leak
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Actress and model, Dayle Haddon, has died aged 76 after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. The Canadian screen star, who rose to prominence in the 70s and 80s, was found dead in her son-in-law’s (actor Marc Blucas) home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on Friday, per NBC10 in Philadelphia.
![[Dayle Haddon]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234371359-4fab.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Local authorities were first alerted after an unidentified man, 76, was spotted unconscious on the floor of a detached in-law suite on Friday morning. Haddon was discovered on the second floor of the same home and pronounced dead at the scene after an attempt to revive her.
![[Dayle Haddon in a movie]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234371496-e57c.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Police told local news outlets that a faulty boiler was a suspected source of the carbon monoxide leak after firefighters noted high levels of the deadly fumes in the property. ‘It is believed a heating unit, a boiler unit, is the source of the carbon monoxide.
![[Dayle Haddon]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234371486-7f8f.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘The initial readings on EMS and fire company arrival were extremely high, so we’re treating this as a carbon monoxide poisoning incident,’ Detective Sergeant Jonathan Koretzky of the Solebury Township Police Department said. Two paramedics were also reportedly taken to the hospital after being present on the property, per the Mail.
![[Marc Blucas as Riley]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IP_1067607-6e65.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Carbon monoxide is a gas that can make you seriously ill (and even prove fatal) if inhaled, according to the NHS website. The odourless gas produces symptoms including a headache, dizziness, feeling sick, weak, confusion, chest and muscle pain and shortness of breath.
