It appears that the 40-year-old son of Ted Koppel, Andrew Koppel, was found dead in a New York apartment. Reports say he had been drinking heavily.
I had the chance to meet Ted Koppel as he left "Kerry/Edwards" headquarters in Boston on the night of the 2004 election. I asked "Hey, Ted, what do you know?", and he looked at me and said "All I know is that one of these guys is gonna win."
As a political junkie, that encounter meant a great deal to me, and I've recounted it many times.
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