Ted Koppel's Son Found Dead After Drinking Binge

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Re: Ted Koppel's Son Found Dead After Drinking Binge

Postby Cordelia » Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:47 pm

From David McGowan's: "The Pedophocracy":

"It was rumored that a list of influential clients ran to some 200 names, and some of them were publicly identified. On the list were such names as former CIA director William Casey, former prosecutor and current cable ‘news’ talking-head Joseph diGenova, nominally liberal Congressman Barney Frank, political activist/propagandist Phyllis Schlafly, and former Attorney General John Mitchell – who once co-hosted a party with Spence.
Also connected to the case were prominent figures in the media; on the guest lists for Spence's ‘parties’ were names such as Ted Koppel and Eric Severeid – who had both been close friends of Spence’s for more than two decades. Koppel had first met Spence when he was serving as the ABC bureau chief in Hong Kong and Spence was purportedly working as a correspondent in Vietnam." http://www.whale.to/b/pedophocracy.html ... ashington_

Washington's a relatively small town where politicians, staff, lobbyists, members of the media, etc. spend a lot of time, figuratively and literally, in bed together. I doubt it would be unusual for Koppel & Spence to be, at least, acquainted, but still, based on reports of him being 'close friends' with Spence, it's all pretty suspicious.

And, when something horrible happens to someone and there's more to it than what's being reported in the mainstream press.......ranks close and nobody talks. imo




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Re: Ted Koppel's Son Found Dead After Drinking Binge

Postby Simulist » Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:49 pm

Ted Koppel's Son Andrew Died From Alcohol, Cocaine, Heroin & More

NEW YORK — The son of former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel, who was found dead in a stranger's apartment after a day of bar-hopping, overdosed on a lethal combination of drugs and alcohol, the medical examiner's office said Friday.

Andrew Koppel's May 31 death was ruled an accident. He died from acute intoxication due to the combined effects of alcohol; heroin; cocaine; diazepam, the generic form of Valium; and Levamisole, a drug used to cut other drugs, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the city medical examiner's office. Police had said no criminality was suspected.

The 40-year-old Koppel had been out most of May 30 drinking heavily with Russell Wimberly. Wimberly, who initially said they had met for the first time that day, said Friday they had known each other about a month. He would not comment further.

Koppel was eventually taken up to an apartment to sleep it off, said Belinda Caban, who lives in the apartment and said she didn't know Koppel.

Caban told The Associated Press earlier this month that she and Wimberly spent the next few hours talking, and he went in to check on Koppel and said he was snoring. After six hours, she told Wimberly it was time to go and for him to take Koppel home. She said when they went to the bedroom to rouse Koppel, he wasn't moving, so they called 911. She said paramedics estimated Koppel had been dead for four hours. Caban didn't answer a call Friday seeking comment.

Koppel had problems with alcohol in his youth. He was arrested at least twice on DUI charges in Maryland in 1989 and 1991, and in one of the incidents he was in a car accident, according to Maryland court documents. In 1994, while a student at Georgetown Law School, he was convicted of misdemeanor assault for striking a U.S. Senate aide during an argument at a Capitol Hill cash machine.

But his friends and neighbors said he had turned his life around, and they were surprised at his death.

Ted Koppel and his wife were not available for comment Friday, according to a representative. The family earlier issued a statement saying their son was "a brilliant, caring man, whose loss we will mourn for the rest of our lives."

Andrew Koppel's longtime girlfriend, Ilona Lieberman, did not return a message seeking comment. She had previously called his death devastating.


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Re: Ted Koppel's Son Found Dead After Drinking Binge

Postby Nordic » Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:53 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100618/ap_ ... ppel_s_son

Looks like the guy had a lot more in his system than just the booze.

Koppel's son died from overdose of drugs, alcohol

NEW YORK – The son of former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel, who was found dead in a stranger's apartment after a day of bar-hopping, overdosed on a lethal combination of drugs and alcohol, the medical examiner's office said Friday.

Andrew Koppel's May 31 death was ruled an accident. He died from acute intoxication due to the combined effects of alcohol; heroin; cocaine; diazepam, the generic form of Valium; and Levamisole, a drug used to cut other drugs, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the city medical examiner's office. Police had said no criminality was suspected.

The 40-year-old Koppel had been out most of May 30 drinking heavily with Russell Wimberly. Wimberly, who initially said they had met for the first time that day, said Friday they had known each other about a month. He would not comment further.

Koppel was eventually taken up to an apartment to sleep it off, said Belinda Caban, who lives in the apartment and said she didn't know Koppel.
Caban told The Associated Press earlier this month that she and Wimberly spent the next few hours talking, and he went in to check on Koppel and said he was snoring. After six hours, she told Wimberly it was time to go and for him to take Koppel home. She said when they went to the bedroom to rouse Koppel, he wasn't moving, so they called 911. She said paramedics estimated Koppel had been dead for four hours. Caban didn't answer a call Friday seeking comment.
Koppel had problems with alcohol in his youth. He was arrested at least twice on DUI charges in Maryland in 1989 and 1991, and in one of the incidents he was in a car accident, according to Maryland court documents. In 1994, while a student at Georgetown Law School, he was convicted of misdemeanor assault for striking a U.S. Senate aide during an argument at a Capitol Hill cash machine.

But his friends and neighbors said he had turned his life around, and they were surprised at his death.

Ted Koppel and his wife were not available for comment Friday, according to a representative. The family earlier issued a statement saying their son was "a brilliant, caring man, whose loss we will mourn for the rest of our lives."

Andrew Koppel's longtime girlfriend, Ilona Lieberman, did not return a message seeking comment. She had previously called his death devastating.
Koppel was appointed attorney for the city Housing Authority's civil litigation division in 2001 and resigned the post in 2008, the agency said.
Ted Koppel is the former longtime anchor of the ABC News show "Nightline," which he left in 2005. Andrew Koppel was one of his four children.
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