Speaking out about his 40-year-old son, Andrew, Ted Koppel said that his son died Monday morning after a daylong drinking. The Koppel's, Grace Anne Dorney Koppel and Ted Koppel, say that their son was a brilliant caring man. Andrew lived in Queens with his girlfriend and baby daughter. He started drinking around noon at one of the Hell's Kitchen Bar and arrived at his apartment later that evening. A waiter at the bar and a roommate put Koppel in bed because he said that he wasn't feeling well. Noticing that he wasn't breathing they called 911. Andrew was the third child of four for Ted and Grace Anne.
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This is quiet sad. I feel for the Koppel family and Andrew's girlfriend and daughter. But I question what drove his to start drinking at noon and going until late at night. Could it be that he was having problems at work or with his family. I would think that since he had a baby daughter that he would want to spend some time with her, but he could have had a fight with his girlfriend and not want to be around the apartment. It is hard to know what caused him to drink for so long and I hope that he wouldn't have been having family problems. I know that from my dad to be away from his kids for too long, he would start to call us every 5 minutes and text us about random stuff.
I hope that the family is cooping well. It is expected for them to mourn losing their son, father and boyfriend for a while. May he rest in peace.
