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John (Jack) Slivinski Jr., the Philadelphia firefighter who got in hot water by posing shirtless for a charity calendar, was found dead at his Lawndale home Saturday.
Police and colleagues said the cause was suicide.
Slivinski, 31, a former Marine who followed his father into the department, was praised Sunday as a gutsy firefighter who won a spot on the department's elite rescue unit.
"If you or your family members were in danger, this was the kid you'd want showing up at your house," said Mike Kane, an executive board member at Firefighers Union Local 22.
"He gave you 110 percent, whether he was washing dishes or going down a smoky hallway," Kane said. "When I heard yesterday morning, I had to sit down. It took my legs out."