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FSTV Development Director Jason McKain Dies in Drowning Accident

HeadlineJun 18, 2015

Jason McKain, development director of the national, independent news network Free Speech TV, has died at the age of 42. McKain drowned Sunday while fishing in Colorado’s Boulder Creek, which is swollen and running swiftly due to intense rain and spring runoff. In addition to his work at FSTV, Jason McKain formerly served as co-executive director of the Colorado Progressive Coalition. He is survived by his wife, Hava Gordon, and their six-year-old twins, Oliver and Lael. We mourn Jason with our colleagues at Free Speech TV, which runs Democracy Now! We have known Jason for years.

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