Tiger King star Erik Cowie ‘dies aged 53’

The Metro says Tiger King star Erik Cowie has reportedly died at the age of 53.

The star, who was head zookeeper at Joe Exotic’s GW Zoo, was found dead on Friday in New York City, according to TMZ.

In recent years, he had lived and worked in Oklahoma.

Cowie was best known for his appearances on the Netflix documentary, and continued working at the GW Zoo following Exotic’s arrest.

Exotic was convicted of 17 charges of animal abuse and two counts of attempted murder for hire for the plot to kill his rival, Carole Baskin.

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