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Ted Koppel's son, 40, found dead in NYC apartment
AP ^ | 06/01/10 | AP

Posted on 06/01/2010 6:27:50 AM PDT by Dayman

NEW YORK (AP) - The 40-year-old son of former ABC anchor Ted Koppel has been found dead in an Upper Manhattan apartment, police said Tuesday.

Andrew Koppel was declared dead at around 1:30 a.m. Monday in the Washington Heights apartment, Detective John Sweeney said. A medical examiner would determine the cause of death.

Koppel worked for the law department at the city Housing Authority, the agency said Tuesday. They would make no other comment...

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: dead; koppel; reporter
Koppel had been drinking for hours with a man he met at a bar, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

"He had a straw hat on, and I had one on, and he said, 'Nice hat, man,"' the drinking partner, Russell Wimberly, told the newspaper. "We got to talking, and he started buying me drinks."

ok..........

1 posted on 06/01/2010 6:27:51 AM PDT by Dayman
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To: Dayman

I’m sorry for Mr. Koppel and his family.


2 posted on 06/01/2010 6:29:39 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (DeMint 2012)
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To: Dayman

On the “down low”?


3 posted on 06/01/2010 6:29:40 AM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: Lockbar

It certainly sounds that way.


4 posted on 06/01/2010 6:31:17 AM PDT by Dayman (My 1919a4 is named Charlotte. When I light her up she has the voice of an angel.)
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To: Dayman

How sad to lose one’s child. My condolences to the Koppel family.


5 posted on 06/01/2010 6:32:18 AM PDT by mplsconservative (0bama = Epic Fail)
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To: Dayman

Mega alcohol on an empty stomach = big trouble


6 posted on 06/01/2010 6:33:50 AM PDT by NautiNurse (ObamaCare uses Bernie Madoff theory of economics)
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To: mplsconservative

I cannot imagine the pain the Koppel family is experiencing. prayer heavenward...


8 posted on 06/01/2010 6:37:12 AM PDT by mrs tiggywinkle
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To: Dayman

I know Ted has a daughter Andrea, didn’t know he had a son.


9 posted on 06/01/2010 6:38:24 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: Dayman

I cannot imagine the heartbreak of losing one’s child. Prayers to the Koppel family.


10 posted on 06/01/2010 6:44:41 AM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Ronald Reagan: "our liberal friends....know so much that isn't so...")
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To: Dayman

May he rest in peace. Sympathies to his family.


11 posted on 06/01/2010 6:58:23 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Duty, valor, patriotism, Anoreth. Any questions?)
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To: libh8er

(I know Ted has a daughter Andrea, didn’t know he had a son.
)

Must have been in the closet!!


12 posted on 06/01/2010 6:59:09 AM PDT by WKB (I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap. Rodney Dangerfield)
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To: WKB

A news story I read said the son lived with his girlfriend and their child. A closet bi perhaps.


13 posted on 06/01/2010 7:05:37 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: Dayman

Another death by pooferism?


14 posted on 06/01/2010 7:08:06 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: libh8er

“Maybe he was just looking for answers”
Ulysses Everette McGill “Oh Brother Where Art Thou”


15 posted on 06/01/2010 7:17:14 AM PDT by WKB (I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap. Rodney Dangerfield)
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To: GeronL
I am just shocked that his son would be working for a government agency and gay.

It's unfair to conclude he was gay or bi just because he struck up a friendship with a guy at a bar. A drunk drinking by himself at a bar will often strike up a conversation with whomever is sitting closest to him. After an hour or two of conversation and a bunch more drinks they will think they are lifelong friends. Happens all the time.

16 posted on 06/01/2010 7:31:21 AM PDT by KevinB
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To: GeronL

I think this post is out of bounds.


17 posted on 06/01/2010 8:21:04 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: KevinB

Exactly. A guy can’t belly up to the bar anymore?


18 posted on 06/01/2010 8:29:42 AM PDT by goseminoles
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