(CNN)Jeffery Lynn Johnson, 58, who appeared successful "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness," died by an evident termination during an statement with his wife, the Oklahoma City Police Department told CNN connected Monday.
Johnson -- a erstwhile reptile trader -- was 1 of respective radical interviewed successful occurrence 4 of the enormously fashionable 2020 docuseries connected Netflix.
According to a constabulary incidental report, officers were dispatched to the Johnson household location soon aft 10 p.m. connected September 8 for a reported attempted suicide.
Johnson's wife, Charity, told constabulary her hubby killed himself successful beforehand of her during an statement successful their garage. Their 4- and 5-year-old children were wrong the location astatine the time, the study says.
Johnson inactive had a pulse connected the country and was taken to a infirmary but was aboriginal pronounced dead, according to the report.
An lawyer for Joseph Maldonado, the show's cardinal fig known arsenic Joe Exotic, confirmed helium had spoken to Johnson's widow astir the incident.
According to the report, Johnson had "no intelligence wellness history."
"Tiger King 2" is presently streaming connected Netflix.
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