WTOP’s business reporter Jeff Clabaugh has passed away

[Anonymous]

I see he was 20days younger than me. Too young. RIP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And the other guy is fighting lung cancer

Yeah, Neil, hope he is doing ok

[Anonymous]

Maybe something to do with radio tower transmission radiation?

[Anonymous]

Craig Hurst passed away at 66 (WTOP sports reporter). Somethings in the water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like a lot of people who work at WTOP die young for some reason.

Probably something in the building.

[Anonymous]

Wow, that is sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like a lot of people who work at WTOP die young for some reason.

Probably something in the building.

Journalism is a tough and stressful profession. Journalists keep getting pay cuts. There was an interesting discussion about this in the book on Epstein by the Miami Herald’s reporter who did the Epstein series.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like a lot of people who work at WTOP die young for some reason.

Probably something in the building.

Sure seems to be a recent cancer cluster

Mike Jakitis - colon cancer
Neal Augenstein - lung cancer
Jeff Clabaugh - cancer
Wendy Rieger - brain cancer (she was at WTOP before WRC-TV)
and those are just the on-air talent that have been made public

[Anonymous]

Tucker Echols - WTOP business reporter - lymphoma

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe something to do with radio tower transmission radiation?

They don't work anywhere near the radio transmitter.