{"id":60117,"date":"2019-04-10T00:40:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T00:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=60117"},"modified":"2019-04-10T00:40:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T00:40:32","slug":"alexa-valiente-award-winning-abc-news-producer-dead-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=60117","title":{"rendered":"Alexa Valiente, Award-winning ABC News producer dead at 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexa Valiente, an ABC News producer who won an Emmy last year for her network\u2019s coverage of the Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017, died suddenly at age 27.<\/p>\n<p>Valiente died Friday after facing health problems for several months,&nbsp;the network said&nbsp;in a story Monday announcing her death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlways a friendly face in the halls, she had an upbeat spirit, a curious and brilliant mind and a real passion to see the world,\u201d ABC News chief James Goldston said. \u201cShe will be deeply missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Valiente, who began her career as an intern, was on the digital show integration team and worked on \u201cNightline,\u201d \u201c20\/20\u201d and \u201cPopcorn with Peter Travers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She won an Emmy in 2018 for her work on the \u201c20\/20\u201d story \u201cLas Vegas: Heartbreak and Heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her colleagues remembered her as a smart and dedicated journalist, a thoughtful and attentive friend, and an avid traveler who lived life to the fullest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn a mission to visit a new city every month #jetsetalexa,\u201d Valiente&nbsp;wrote on her Instagram page&nbsp;under the moniker twentysomethingchic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFierce, funny and adventurous, that girl was a force who could light up a room,\u201d said Katie Nelson, executive producer for ABC News Content.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cEvery Friday afternoon, with just enough people still in the office to enjoy it, Alexa would treat the staff to \u2018Flashback Friday\u2019 \u2014 a weekly jam session at her desk where she\u2019d play classics from Backstreet Boys, Usher and Britney Spears to sing and dance along to,\u201d said Allie Yang, an associate producer. \u201cShe was lovingly referred to as \u2018DJ Lexi Lex on the Dex.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Valiente is survived by her parents, Mante and Connie, her sister, Jessica, and brother, Justin.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexa Valiente, an ABC News producer who won an Emmy last year for her network\u2019s coverage of the Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017, died suddenly at age 27. 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