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CNN Staffer Dies After ‘Medical Emergency’ at NYC Headquarters: Memo

‘DEAR FRIEND TO MANY’

The staffer was identified by network executives as an electronics graphics operator named Melissa Elkas, according to Variety.

AJ McDougall
AJ McDougall 

Breaking News Reporter

An electronic graphics operator at CNN died Wednesday after experiencing a “medical emergency” at the network’s New York headquarters.
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AJ McDougall

AJ McDougall

Breaking News Reporter

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