CNN and MSNBC Legal Analyst Midwin Charles Dies at 47: 'We Will Miss Her for a Lifetime'

Midwin Charles.Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Midwin Charles, a prominent defense attorney and legal analyst for several cable networks including CNN and MSNBC, died on Tuesday. She was 47. Charles' family announced her death in a statement posted to her Twitter account Tuesday night. A cause of death was not given. “It is with a profoundly heavy heart and the deepest sadness that we announce the untimely passing of our beloved Midwin Charles,” the family said.

CNN and TheGrio's April Ryan on Historic 25 Years Covering the White House — and 5 Presidents Up Close

Apri Ryan and three presidents.Photo: April Ryan In the 25 years thatApril Ryanhas been covering the White House — now the longest-serving Black woman in the press corps — she has had plenty of encounters with whomever was in the West Wing at the time. Some were good and some were bad, some were friendly, some were incidental and some wereheadline-making. In September, for example, Ryan ran into PresidentJoe Bidenand after a jovial chat he promised her an interview.

CNN Boss Chris Licht Ousted amid Plunging Ratings and Staff Morale

Chris Licht.Photo:Mike Coppola/Getty Mike Coppola/Getty “I have known Chris for many years and have enormous respect for him, personally and professionally. This job was never going to be easy, especially at a time of great disruption and transformation, and Chris poured his heart and soul into it,” Warner Bros. Discover CEO David Zaslav wrote in the memo. Zaslav added: “Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we had hoped — and ultimately that’s on me.

CNN Boss Chris Licht Tells Staff ‘Sorry’ for Losing Their Trust, Says He’ll ‘Fight Like Hell’ to Win It Back

Photo:Mike Coppola/Getty Mike Coppola/Getty CNN CEO Chris Licht told employees he would “fight like hell” to win back their trust, just days after ascathingAtlanticprofiledocumented his first year on the job, in the process heightening concerns among network staffers about his leadership abilities. “To those whose trust I’ve lost, I will fight like hell to win it back, because you deserve a leader who will be in the trenches, fighting to ensure CNN remains the world’s most trusted name in news,” Licht said on a Monday morning editorial call, according to journalist Brian Stelter, who reported inNew York Magazinethat staffers at the network “appreciated his humility.

CNN Calls Michelle Obama 'Remarkably Unwoke' for Comparing Trump's Presidency to a 'Divorced Dad'

Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic; Ida Mae Astute/ABC via Getty During a Sunday stop on the book tourfor her hugely popular memoir, former First LadyMichelle Obamajokingly compared PresidentDonald Trump‘s administration to the parenting style of a “divorced dad.” CNN anchor Dana Bash called it“remarkably unwoke,”and some divorced fathershave taken umbrageat the remark. “We are a teenager, we talked about this, we’re like a teenage country,” Obama, 55, agreed. “And we’re confused ’cause our body is changing,” joked Colbert, 54, prompting Obama’s reply: