The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/13/man-dies-by-drowning-while-attending-reggae-on-the-river-festival-in-mendocino-county/A 66-year-old man was found dead on the bottom of the South Fork Eel River right next to the annual Reggae on the River festival in Mendocino County, and authorities say the man was attending the festival and died by drowning. We are in that phase of the year when we all too often hear of fatal drownings in NorCal rivers, and we unfortunately have news of another. The Bay Area News Group reports that the body of 66-year-old Robert Samuel James was found at the bottom of the South Fork Eel River in Mendocino County. James had reportedly been attending the county’s annual Reggae on the River festival on the first weekend of August, a festi

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