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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2022
The quality satellite is mourning one of its own.
Dax Tejera, the enforcement shaper of the ABC News' This Week With George Stephanopoulos, died connected Dec. 23 astatine property 37 after suffering a bosom attack, network president Kim Godwin confirmed successful a memo to staff. He is survived by his wife Veronica and their 2 daughters Sofia, 2, and Ella, 5 months.
"As EP of This Week with George Stephanopoulos Dax's energy, passionateness and emotion for that show, ABC News, and you, shined each Sunday morning," Godwin wrote, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "That aforesaid emotion was extended to his precious girls."
"Our thoughts are with his wife, Veronica, the couple's 2 young daughters, and the full Tejera family," she continued. "On this Christmas Eve, hug your loved ones a small tighter. And delight thin connected each another."
Shortly aft the devastating quality was shared, Tejera's colleagues took to societal media to grant their friend.
"Such a heartbreaking time for each of america at @abcnews," tweeted ABC News correspondent John Quiñones. "Dax Tejera was not lone the brightest - astir compassionate - enforcement shaper I've ever worked with, helium was besides a beloved friend. On this Christmas Day, my thoughts are with his wife, Veronica and his 2 babe daughters."
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Added Jim Avila, ABC News Senior National correspondent, "Dax was a groundbreaking ep. So important to abc arsenic if not archetypal latino, among the archetypal to emergence to enforcement shaper level. I worked with him astatine fusion and abc. Always supportive and damn good. I volition miss him. And consciousness for his young family."
Throughout his career, Tejera worked for MSNBC and ABC, joining the latter arsenic a Washington, D.C.-based elder shaper successful 2017. Three years later, successful aboriginal 2020, he began at This Week, yet earning 2 Emmy nominations for his coverage of politics. His last Instagram post, shared the time helium died, featured a representation of him with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.
"I saw him conscionable a fewer weeks agone astatine the White House, celebrating the holidays," MSNBC Vice President Jesse Rodriguez shared successful a series of tweets. "He gave maine a hug. He wanted maine to archer my spouse however overmuch amusive we had backmost successful the day. Dax. Gone excessively soon. A period shy of his 38th birthday. Almost to the day. My bosom breaks for his family, Veronica and the girls."
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