'Orange Is the New Black' and 'Weeds' creator Jenji Kohan confirms 20-year-old son died in skiing accident
'Orange Is the New Black' and 'Weeds' creator Jenji Kohan's son Charlie Noxon died Tuesday in a skiing accident in Utah where he was with his father Christopher Noxon and his two siblings. He was 20 years old according to a report in TMZ.
Reportedly Charlie was in Park City for the holiday with his father and he fell on an intermediate ski trail after which he was transported by helicopter to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
According to a report in People, the victim's identity is yet to be revealed. However, it was confirmed that a 20-year-old man from outside Los Angeles was killed while at the Park City Mountain Resort on New Year’s Eve.
The report also quoted Summit County Sheriff's lieutenant Andrew Wright as saying that authorities are now looking into the accidental death and an investigation is underway. The report also quoted a statement from Park City Mountain, which stated "a serious incident" occurred "on the mountain" December 31 which involved a 20-year-old male from Sherman Oaks, California.
The statement, however, did not identify the victim. Mike Goar, Park City Mountain vice president, and the chief operating officer, said, "Park City Mountain, Park City Mountain Ski Patrol and the entire Vail Resorts family extend our deepest sympathy and support to our guest’s family and friends."
Kohan and her former husband Christopher Noxon released a statement Thursday through the sheriff’s office regarding Charlie’s death. It read: “Our hearts are shattered. Our dear boy Charlie Noxon died on New Year’s Eve on a ski slope in Park City,” adding, “The cliches about moments like this are true, it turns out. The one about life forever changing in a split second, about the fact that we are all bound up in a web of love and loss, about the primacy of community in times of unfathomable tragedy.”
Kohan and Noxon described their son’s passion for philosophy, Bob Dylan and Miyazaki movies in the statement, adding further he was “questioning, irreverent, curious and kind” and that he was “absolutely adored” by his parents and siblings.
“Charlie had a beautiful life of study and argument and travel and food and razzing and adventure and sweetness and most of all love. We cannot conceive of life without him,” it further read, finally informing that services for Charlie would be held on Sunday, January 5, at Temple Israel of Hollywood.
