Nicholas J. Rod was born in Philadelphia to Anthony P Rod Sr., aka "Tony" (1960-2009) and Karen Rod. After Tony Sr. died in 2009, Karen remarried so Nicholas had a stepfather, Dennis Stasen. He also had two brothers Tony Rod Jr. and Joey Rod.
Nicholas passed away suddenly when he was 26 years old on March 6th, 2011. At the time of his passing he was engaged to Jessica Ford. At the end of an episode of the television show "Parking Wars", you will see "in memory of Nicholas Rod". He was working for the Philadelphia Parking Authority at the time of his death but his death wasn't related to his employment.
See Nicholas J Rod: Obituary for Nicholas' obituary which appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer. In his obituary, his family asked that "In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial contributions to the Mickey Gallagher Foundation, 229 Wayne Ave. Springfield, PA 19064." For more information about the Mickey Gallagher Foundation see The Mickey Gallagher Foundation
This is not the first death that has plagued "Parking Wars". See Another "Parking Wars" death and an earlier article: Philadelphia Parking Authority employee run over.
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