The executive producer of the ABC News Sunday show, This Week, Dax Tejera, has passed away at the age of 37.
What’s Happening:
- Dax Tejara, the executive producer behind the ABC News Sunday current affairs program, This Week, has tragically passed away at the age of 37, due to a heart attack.
- The news was revealed to the ABC News division by president Kim Godwin in a memo sent to the staff on Christmas Eve:
ABC News Family,
It’s with a heavy heart and great sadness that we share that our friend and colleague, Dax Tejera passed away suddenly of a heart attack last night.
As EP of This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Dax’s energy, passion and love for that show, ABC News, and you, shined every Sunday morning. That same love was extended to his precious girls.
Our thoughts are with his wife, Veronica, the couple’s two young daughters, and the entire Tejera family.
If you need immediate support, please call our 24/7 EAP support line.
We will share more details in the coming days.
On this Christmas Eve, hug your loved ones a little tighter. And please lean on each other.
– Kim
- Tejera was known for his competitive spirit, pushing the This Week team to become the top Sunday public affairs show, and leaning into the strengths of Jonathan Karl, Martha Raddatz and George Stephanopoulos. Raddatz, for example, anchored the program from Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion.
- Before joining ABC News, Tejara served as executive producer for the ABC-Univision joint venture Fusion, before eventually making his way to This Week just before the COVID-19 pandemic erupted around the world.
- He is survived by his wife Veronica and two daughters.