Former 'Amazing Race' producer Jeff Rice found dead in Uganda

[Robb]

An American television producer has been found dead in mysterious circumstances while working in Uganda, his brother-in-law told msnbc.com on Wednesday.

Paul Blackman said that family members had heard that poisoning was suspected in the death of father of two Jeff Rice, 39, who is originally from Oklahoma.

Blackman, who is the brother of Rice's wife Sally, added that the situation was unclear and relatives were trying to establish what exactly had happened

Rice, who previously worked for shows including "The Amazing Race" and Animal Planet's "Whale Wars," died on Friday night.

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Local press headline: Amazing Race producer Rice dies of cocaine overdose

Herald Sun: Amazing Race producer 'poisoned' to death by gang in Uganda

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2. The local press headline sounds more believable to me, though who knows what the truth is.

How and why would BOTH of them be "poisoned"? Doesn't make sense.

I mean, did they both drink from the same glass of poisoned water...? Again, no, doesn't make sense.

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3. I can't think of why,

but the poisoning of one being a casualty of an attempt on the other's life is entirely plausible, IMO. I mean, if it actually was a poisoning.

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4. I suppose so. I'll be curious to find out more.

Because I haven't read enough yet to support a "Ugandan thug poisoning" theory.

Cheers.

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5. Cheers! n/t

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6. So, turns out, no, it was NOT a gang poisoning.

>>Paralysed but alive: Glamorous assistant to TV producer who died of overdose pleads guilty to drug charges in Uganda

An assistant to an American television producer who died after taking contaminated cocaine in Uganda faced cameras on Thursday for the first time since her arrest.

Kathryne Fuller, 29, who remains paralysed on her right side, pleaded guilty to drug possession, paid a fine and was freed - wheeled out of the courthouse in her hospital gown by her father.

She was charged with possession of cocaine after taking drugs with producer Jeff Rice, who was found dead in a Kampala hotel on February 18.

An official toxicology report confirmed the drug was in Mr Rice's blood, dispelling initial suspicions that the father-of-two known for his work on the U.S. show 'The Amazing Race' had been poisoned by attackers.<<

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109073/Kathryn-Fuller-Pleads-guilty-drug-charges-Uganda.html

[Robb]

7. Thanks for the update. Pleaded guilty to get pay a fine and get out of Uganda.

I think we'll be hearing more on this.

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