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Nancy Kerrigan's 70-year-old father was found dead at the former Olympian's childhood home in the Boston area yesterday -- and her brother was arrested in connection with the incident. 
Emergency crews were sent to the home Sunday morning where they found Nancy's father, Daniel Kerrigan, unresponsive. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
As for Nancy's 45-year-old brother Mark Kerrigan -- MyFoxBoston.com reports that during the Sunday incident, there was a struggle between Daniel and Mark in the kitchen area of the home. Details of the fight are sketchy at best -- but Mark was eventually arrested and charged with assault and battery on an elder with serious bodily injury. 
Mark Kerrigan is scheduled to appear in court sometime this morning.
Nancy -- who is married with 3 kids -- lives roughly ten minutes from the home where the incident occurred.
The incident comes almost 16 years from the morning she was attacked in a plot orchestrated by skating rival Tonya Harding.
UPDATE: Nancy's mother told the Boston Herald, "My husband had a massive heart attack," adding "This is a very difficult time for me."
According to the police report, Mark and Daniel were yelling and pushing at each other until Daniel suddenly fell to the ground.
Nancy's mother told police the fight was over the telephone -- when Daniel refused to let Mark use the phone, Mark grabbed him by the throat. When Daniel was choking, Mark thought his father was "faking it."
The police report also noted that Mark appeared intoxicated when officials arrived on scene --and cops had to use pepper spray to subdue him.
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he had a heart attack people - nothing the kid did caused it.
WHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! Whhhhyyyyyyyyy!!! (my bad)
Ok, seriously, that's horrible. What kind of POS beats up on an old man?
tmz, how do you not remove the comment from kooky killed him???
What's the back story on Mark Kerrigan? Is he on the pipe, drinker maybe, I mean what's up with this guy?
Lest we forget, Nancy's husband was her manager and already married when the pair of them committed adultery. And then she acts as if she, or they, have done no wrong! In light of that business, is this latest item such a surprise?
Tonya Harding may be a little rough round the edges, but, so far as I know, she has observed the 10 Commandments!
I am wondering: why weren't MOST of these comments removed? What insensitive people these are... My condolences to Nancy, her mom and the rest of the family and friends. Nancy has been a ROLE MODEL.. And what sort of person 'pushes around' an elderly man????
...these comments are disturbing...TMZ?! WTH?! HARVEEEEEYYY!!!! i figure if i holler loud enuff...harvey will hear me and come and check out the comments...and do a little housecleaning....very disrespectful people...very disrepectful...
So sad. But what is with these comments! Should be removed TMZ!
I know in some States the fact that the father died as a result of an argument / fight - the son can be charged with some form of a murder count...
does it look like he mouths something to the camera when he gets out of the police car?
boston local news is reporting that he's "known to police". guess he's been in trouble before, huh?
The son should have just walked away from his dad.... @ 14 mark your dissent is hideous.......
