Dax Tejera, an executive producer at ABC News who was believed to have died from a heart attack in late December, choked on food while intoxicated, a medical examiner revealed on Wednesday. The 37-year-old died just weeks ahead of his 38th birthday.
The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to The New York Post in a statement that Tejera died on Dec. 23 from “asphyxia due to obstruction of the airway by food bolus complicating acute alcohol intoxication.”
The ruling contradicts what ABC News president Kim Goodwin originally said in a memo to staff in December that Tejera died suddenly after having a heart attack….