Todd Tongen, a longtime anchor and reporter at Florida’s Wplg, has been found dead in his home in Southwest Ranches in the Miami metropolitan area. He was 56.
The 30-year local news veteran was discovered after he missed his Sunday broadcast. According to Wplg, Tongen’s wife was out of town and unable to reach him so she asked a friend to check on him and police were called in to investigate.
The cause of death remained unclear as of Tuesday morning.
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“It is heartbreaking. We are so sad that we have to report that we have lost a beloved member of our Local 10 family and of your family too, Local 10 news anchor Todd Tongen,” the channel’s senior political reporter Michael Putney said during a Monday broadcast. “He died unexpectedly, tragically. Todd has been our friend and our colleague for decades here.
The 30-year local news veteran was discovered after he missed his Sunday broadcast. According to Wplg, Tongen’s wife was out of town and unable to reach him so she asked a friend to check on him and police were called in to investigate.
The cause of death remained unclear as of Tuesday morning.
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“It is heartbreaking. We are so sad that we have to report that we have lost a beloved member of our Local 10 family and of your family too, Local 10 news anchor Todd Tongen,” the channel’s senior political reporter Michael Putney said during a Monday broadcast. “He died unexpectedly, tragically. Todd has been our friend and our colleague for decades here.
- 6/4/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
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