Los Angeles television news anchor Chauncy Glover’s death last year was accidental, the county medical examiner’s office announced.
Glover, a news anchor at KCAL, died of “acute intoxication” from methamphetamine and chloroethane, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a statement, noting that both the cause and the manner of death were accidental.
Chloroethane is a “colorless gas at room temperature and pressure” that is used to numb the skin before medical procedures and also has uses in manufacturing several commercial products, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chloroethane is also sometimes used as a recreational drug.
Glover, 39, died unexpectedly in November. He was found unresponsive at his home on Nov. 5 and was pronounced dead at 12:40 a.m., the medical examiner’s office said.
His family announced the news in a statement to KCAL at the time, writing: “He was more than a son and brother — he was a beacon of light in our lives and a true hero to his community.”
At KCAL, Glover co-anchored the 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts with Pat Harvey and the 8 and 10 p.m. newscasts with Suzie Suh. He joined the anchor team in October 2023.
Before his stint at KCAL, Glover was the first Black male main anchor for KTRK in Houston, where he was on the air for eight years, according to KCAL.
He also founded the Chauncy Glover Project, a mentoring program created to help develop “inner-city teenage boys into upstanding and accomplished gentlemen,” its website says.
The medical examiner’s full report should be ready by the end of March, the office said.
