Erik Cowie, who rose to fame following his appearance in the hit Netflix documentary Tiger King, has been found dead in an apartment in Brooklyn, New York.
Erik, who appeared in the show as a zookeeper, was found in his bed, and according to the DailyMail NYPD said that ‘police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male inside 21 East 55th Street’ near Remsen Avenue in East Flatbush at 5.30pm on September 3.’ NYPD hasn’t confirmed the identity of the man but the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park where he worked confirmed Erik’s death in a social media post.
According to TMZ, a law enforcement source said that Erik was in town visiting a friend at her apartment, where she found him dead.
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