Dax Tejera, executive producer of ABC This Week with George Stephanopoulos, dies at 37
Dax Tejera, the executive producer of ABC This Week with George Stephanopoulos, died from a heart attack a few weeks shy of his 38th birthday, reports TV Newser.
Tejera was named executive producer of This Week in February 2020 at the age of 35, just weeks before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. With Tejera leading the way, the newscast quickly climbed to No. 1 among Adults 25-54.
According to TV Newser, Tejera joined ABC News as a senior producer in the Washington Bureau in 2017 producing remote-anchored broadcasts from across the country and specials from the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore and Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki. Prior to overseeing This Week as its executive producer, Tejera managed newsmaker interviews and covered major breaking news, including the ongoing pandemic, the 2020 presidential election and the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
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