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==Death== While on vacation in [[Antalya]], [[Turkey]] with his mother and sister, Lyashenko was found dead in his hotel room the morning of July 6, 2003.<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|last1=Diamos|first1=Jason|title=HOCKEY; Rangers' Lyashenko Found Dead In Turkey|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/08/sports/hockey-rangers-lyashenko-found-dead-in-turkey.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=5 February 2017|date=8 July 2003}}</ref><ref name=siinitialreport>{{cite magazine|title = Lyashenko dead at 24 | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/news/2003/07/07/rangers_lyashenko_rt/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030804031655/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/news/2003/07/07/rangers_lyashenko_rt/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 4, 2003 | magazine = Sports Illustrated | access-date = 2014-01-18 |date = 2003-07-07}}</ref> His death was initially reported to be a [[suicide]].<ref name=dead>{{cite news|title=N.Y. Ranger is found dead in hotel room ; Lyashenko on vacation in Turkey Cause of death reported to be suicide|work=Toronto Star|date=2003-07-08|page=E02}}</ref> Reports by Turkish police confirmed this, stating that Lyashenko had left a suicide note and attempted to cut his arms and wrists before hanging himself. A Turkish police officer, speaking anonymously, said that Lyashenko apologized for killing himself in the note.<ref name=suicide>{{cite news|title=Lyashenko's death a suicide, police say|work=Edmonton Journal|date=2003-07-10|page=D6}}</ref> [[New York Rangers]] general manager [[Glen Sather]] said of Lyashenko, "Roman was a quality individual who had a positive impact on everyone he touched, both on and off the ice."<ref name=dead /> [[Dallas Stars]] general manager [[Doug Armstrong]] expressed similar sentiments: "Roman was a quality young man who we were privileged to have in our organization for three years."<ref name=dead /> Lyashenko was buried in [[Yaroslavl]] on July 12, 2003.<ref name=buried>{{cite web|title=PLUS: HOCKEY; Rangers' Lyashenko Is Buried in Russia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/sports/plus-hockey-rangers-lyashenko-is-buried-in-russia.html|work=The New York Times|date=2003-07-13|access-date=2011-01-06}}</ref>
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