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Keep Close Eye On Your Kids, Says Mom Of Area Boy Who Died From Flu Keep Close Eye On Your Kids, Says Mom Of Area Boy Who Died From Flu
Keep Close Eye On Your Kids, Says Mom Of Area Boy Who Died From Flu On the eve of his funeral, the mother of the 10-year-old Fairfield County boy who died from complications of the flu is urging parents to keep a close eye on their children amid one of the most active flu seasons in years. Nico Mallozzi, who began feeling ill Thursday, Jan. 11, traveled with his youth hockey team (the Norwalk-based Connecticut Roughriders) to a tournament in Buffalo that weekend, but did not play. He died Sunday, Jan. 14 at an area hospital after returning home to New Canaan. The cause of death was sepsis resulting from pneumonia, a complication of the flu, the New York medi…