A senior govt at Fox Information has died, the community introduced Friday night.
Alan Komissaroff, senior vice chairman of reports and politics, died Friday after struggling a coronary heart assault practically two weeks in the past. He was 47.
“We have now devastating information to share with you,” Fox Information Media CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox Information Media President and Govt Editor Jay Wallace stated in a notice to workers.
“That is an especially tough day for all of us who labored carefully with Alan, and we’re fully heartbroken,” they wrote.
“Alan was a pacesetter and mentor all through Fox Information Media who was integral to our every day information operations and performed an indispensable position in each election cycle. The latest midterm election protection was simply one of many best nights of particular protection he produced all through his profession,” the pair wrote.
“And he was the last word producer: breaking information, politics, particular occasions — there was no steadier or extra trusted colleague to be inside the management room throughout essentially the most consequential occasions of our time and his incisiveness and fervour for information made our work higher.
“He was additionally a proud ‘Fox Information unique’ having began right here contemporary out of faculty when FNC launched in 1996. He would joke that he was a man from ‘actual Brooklyn’ and rose by way of the ranks to turn out to be a author, producer, showrunner and finally Senior Vice President of Information & Politics, overseeing all political protection. His sharp humorousness and fast wit all through his unbelievable profession additionally led to the numerous lifelong friendships he made right here,” Ms. Scott and Mr. Wallace wrote.
Mr. Komissaroff is survived by his spouse, Rachel, and kids Ben and Olivia.
