In Britain 'dumb' is seldom used to mean stupid. It was mostly only used to mean mute e.g 'deaf and dumb'. However 'dumb' in the mute sense is probably politically incorrect nowadays, a bit like calling a short person a 'dwarf'.
Luis Carlos MontalvÃ¡n at a book signing in Coral Gables, Fla., in 2011, with his service dog, Tuesday. Luis Carlos MontalvÃ¡n, an Iraq war veteran and best-selling author who toured the country with his service dog, Tuesday, as an advocate for soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, died on Friday in El Paso. He was 43. He was found dead in his hotel room.
Antonio Avalos, 46, of McMinnville, died after he apparently fell off the front of a moving train in the front railcar. The tracks are used by train cars that transport lumber around the yard of the mill at 49800 Southwest Scoggins Valley Road. We extend our condolences to the family and friends of Antonio Avalos.