Newlywed KOMO TV anchor found dead
Nov 8, 2012, 9:45 AM | Updated: 10:12 am
KOMO TV anchor Joel Connable has died of a suspected diabetic seizure just days after moving to Seattle to resume his TV career. (Image courtesy Travel News and Deals.com)
(Image courtesy Travel News and Deals.com)
Just days after getting married and moving to Seattle to resume his TV career, KOMO TV anchor Joel Connable has died from a suspected diabetic seizure.
Connable, 39, took the air in October as weekend anchor and reporter for KOMO.
He was a former news anchor in Miami, ran a travel company and made regular appearances as a travel expert on Fox News, CBS television stations, the BBC and many other television networks, according to a Wikipedia page dedicated to him.
Connable, who hailed from Long Island, New York, was also a former private pilot and paramedic.
Connable lived with Type I diabetes his entire life and carried an insulin pump with him 24 hours a day. His parents said in a Facebook post the pump malfunctioned.
“With great sadness we write to tell you of the death of our son Joel. He had just started a new job at KOMO, the ABC TV station in Seattle, and he was alone in his apartment when his insulin pump malfunctioned. The lead line was disconnected without his realizing it. It was one of those accidents of fate,” they wrote.
