SAD NEWS: Brave Canc3r warrior lost the Final fight – GMA hosts Michael Strahan, Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos mourn beloved 51-year-old Colleague!
GOOD Morning America host Robin Roberts choked back tears after announcing a show producer’s d3ath.
Robin struggled to hold back her emotions on the ABC show on Monday as she discussed cnc3r-survivor Thea Trachtenberg’s d3ath at 51.
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GMA host Robin Roberts choked back tears after announcing a show producer’s d3athCredit: ABC
The cause of Thea’s d3ath is not yet known, though Robin noted in a post that her friend was a two-time cnC3r “thriver.”
Robin and her fellow anchors George Stephanopoulos, who was recently diagnosed with CVD-19, and Michael Strahan became emotional as they watched a montage of Thea’s life on the show.
The 59-year-old, who previously survived a battle with breast cnc3r, then paid tribute to Thea.
She told her co-hosts: “She was also a great poet, you remember those Christmas poems she would send out every year?”
In ode to Thea’s poems, Robin penned her own rhyme for her friend: “She’s a gifted scripter, a producing machine, and while producing the machines, the things she must have seen.”
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Thea Trachtenberg d13d aged 52 over the weekendCredit: ABC
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Robin teared up as she said Thea had a ‘big heart’Credit: ABC
Robin also revealed Thea was the producer she wanted with her while interviewing Michelle Obama upon her ascension to First Lady.
She recalled: “I said I want Thea by my side – she was a force that went and went and went.
“She was a mentor to so many of our staff.”
Struggling to hold back the tears, Robin went on: “Her fellow colleagues really really loved her, that’s what we should remember about Thea. Boy she had a big heart.”
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It is not yet known how Thea d13dCredit: Facebook
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Robin and Thea pictured with former president Bill ClintonCredit: Facebook
Robin later tweeted: “Thea who passed away over the weekend.
“She was a 2x cnc3r thriver & the producer you wanted by your side for big interviews like when we sat down with @MichelleObama for her first interview as first lady. We celebrate Thea next.”
The tragedy comes after Robin broke down in tears as she announced that a show cameraman had d13d from coronavirus.
Tony Greer passed away last week from complications due to CVD-19.
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Robin broke down in tears last week as she announced that a show cameraman had d13d from coronavirusCredit: ABC
The broadcaster went on to remember ABC cameraman as a “bright light” and someone who had a “beautiful spirit that you could feel from a mile away.”
She continued: “We loved Tony and there were so many things he loved.
“He loved his family … he loved taking his nieces, nephews – any family member who would come visit – out into the city.
“He loved his longtime girlfriend, Robin – we are thinking about her.”
