Beloved legal analyst dies at 47

Midwin Charles, a defense attorney and legal analyst for MSNBC, CNN and other cable news outlets, died Tuesday, according to Variety. She was 47.

Charles’ family announced her death Tuesday night in a statement posted to her Twitter account. They did not reveal the cause of death.

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— Midwin Charles, Esq. (@MidwinCharles) April 7, 2021

“It is with a profoundly heavy heart and the deepest sadness that we announce the untimely passing of our beloved Midwin Charles,” according to the statement. “She was known to many as a legal commentator on television but to us she was a devoted daughter, sister, aunt, niece and cousin. Our lives are forever changed and we will miss her for a lifetime.”

Besides her work as a TV legal analyst, Charles founded the law firm Midwin Charles & Associates LLC and contributed to Essence Magazine and The Huffington Post, multiple news outlets reported. She provided regular commentary on law, pop culture and politics for CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg TV, HLN and TV One.

Charles worked for CNN as a legal contributor for “In Session,” provided commentary for live trials on truTV and started “Infinite Possibilities of the Law Degree.”

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