Ted Koppel’s Son Andrew Found Dead After Drinking Binge

Former longtime ABC anchor Ted Koppel‘s son, Andrew Koppel, was found dead yesterday morning in a Washington Heights apartment after a daylong drinking binge, reports the New York Post.

Andrew Koppel, 40, was a an attorney for the New York City Housing Authority.

From the Post story:

[Koppel] was a slobbering mess when he was brought to the apartment at around 11 p.m. by Russell Wimberly, a 32-year-old waiter he had met at a Hell’s Kitchen bar nearly 12 hours earlier.

Koppel “was just really messed up when he came in. He was very drunk,” said Belinda Caban, 53, who lives at the apartment.

No one has been charged with his death, and the medical examiner has not yet determined a cause of death. Koppel lived with his girlfriend and baby daughter and was the third youngest of Ted Koppel’s four children.

Ted Koppel is currently a contributor to BBC America.

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