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An official with Fox News for decades has died.
According to the network, Alan Komissaroff, senior vice president of news and politics at Fox News, died on Friday.
According to a GoFundMe page set up by a family friend, the 47-year-old channel executive passed away two weeks ago after suffering a heart attack.
“This is an extremely difficult day for all of us who worked closely with Alan, and we are completely heartbroken,” Fox News Media President Jay Wallace and CEO Suzanne Scott said of their colleague’s death in a memo provided to Fox employees.
“Alan was a leader and mentor throughout FOX News Media who was integral to our daily news operations and played an indispensable role in every election cycle.”
The executives acknowledged Komissaroff as a significant contributor to Fox’s breaking news coverage.
“He was the ultimate producer: breaking news, politics, special events — there was no steadier or more trusted colleague to be with in the control room during the most consequential events of our time, and his incisiveness and passion for news made our work better.”
Since the channel’s launch in 1996, Komissaroff has worked for Fox News.
Eileen Orihuela, a friend of the Komissaroffs, has created a GoFundMe page for the benefit of his family.
Sean Hannity, a Fox prime-time anchor, contributed $10,000 to the Komissaroff family’s memorial fund, along with an all-star ensemble of Fox broadcasters.
As a testimony to Komissaroff’s legacy, Lawrence Jones, Tucker Carlson, and Neil Cavuto are mentioned as donors of $5,000 to the fundraising.
As of Saturday morning, donations to the GoFundMe had exceeded $100,000.
🚨BREAKING — Alan Komissaroff, 47, Fox News VP Of News & Politics Died Suddenly At Home Following A Recent Heart Attackhttps://t.co/zl9EXdpcna pic.twitter.com/fo83ZTVO2L
— James Cintolo, RN FN CPT (@healthbyjames) January 21, 2023
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Orihuela described Komissaroff as suffering from a heart attack on Jan. 8 that ultimately proved fatal two weeks later — and said his demise was “unexpected.”