The reason for demise for Los Angeles information anchor Chauncy Glover has been revealed.
The Emmy-winning journalist’s household introduced information of Glover’s demise on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Of their assertion KCAL News, the place Glover was an anchor for simply over a 12 months, his household did share any further details about his demise at 39.
In a news release on Wednesday, Feb. 19, the County of Los Angeles Division of Medical Examiner decided the reason for demise as acute intoxication by the mixed results of chloroethane and methamphetamine. The style of demise is unintentional.
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Glover was discovered unresponsive in his residence on Nov. 5 and his demise was pronounced by hearth division personnel at 12:40 a.m. that very same day, the health worker’s workplace mentioned. A deputy health worker accomplished an examination on Nov. 6, and the trigger and method of demise had been licensed on Feb. 19.
Of their assertion to KCAL Information, Glover’s household mentioned they had been “devastated by the unimaginable lack of our beloved Chauncy.”
“He was greater than a son and brother,” they continued. “He was a beacon of sunshine in our lives and a real hero to his group.”
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“Whereas we grieve this profound loss, we’re comforted by the outpouring of affection and recollections shared by those that knew Chauncy because the passionate, gifted soul he was,” his household added. “We kindly ask for privateness as we mourn and honor his unimaginable legacy. He was taken from us far too quickly, however his influence will probably be felt perpetually.”
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Glover dreamed of turning into a information anchor at a younger age. In keeping with his station bio, when he was 5 his dad even constructed him a mini “anchor desk” for his weekly newscasts, which “he would carry out for his household each Sunday after church.”
Earlier than his work took him to Los Angeles, he was the primary Black male most important anchor for Houston’s KTRK, the place he was on the air for eight years.
“However the defining moments in his life did not occur on tv screens; they unfolded on the streets and within the hearts of the folks he touched,” per his bio, which went on to say The Chauncy Glover Project, a mentoring group he based to assist younger boys of coloration from the internal metropolis.
All through his profession, Glover earned three Emmy Awards and labored in Michigan, Florida, Georgia and Texas earlier than relocating to California.
