NBC News Employee Dies After Being Diagnosed With COVID-19

A longtime employee of NBC News passed away on Thursday after testing positive for the coronavirus, NBC News Chairman Andy Lack said in an email to staffers.

According to NBC News, the employee Larry Edgeworth had been working in an equipment room at NBC News’ 30 Rockefeller Plaza headquarters in New York for over 25 years.

“Many of you were fortunate enough to work with Larry over the years, so you know that he was the guy you wanted by your side no matter where you were,” Lack wrote Friday morning.

According to his wife Crystal, Edgeworth also suffered from other health issues. Prior to his position in the equiptment room, Edgeworth worked as an audio technician, where he was well-known to many network correspondents who traveled with him around the world, delivering the news.

In the wake of his untimely death, Edgeworth’s coworkers expressed their condolences online.

“He was a devoted father to two, a husband, and a friend,” NBC News correspondent Tom Winter wrote on Twitter. “We’re less of a place without his smile and talent.”

“Such devastating news here,” Gabe Gutierrez said. “Larry was the kind of guy you always wanted with you on tough assignments. An incredible journalist and an even kinder man. No nonsense. We will miss him terribly.”

“Thinking about Larry & his family today,” MSNBC booker Jesse Rodriguez wrote. “Always had a smile on his face when I would see him. Always eager to help. A tough day.”