Jeff Rice, "Amazing Race" Producer Found Dead in Uganda

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‘Amazing Race’ Producer Dead in Africa of Suspected Cocaine OD
February 22, 2012

American television producer Jeff Rice was found dead in a hotel in Uganda and police told ABC News he died of an apparent cocaine overdose.

Rice’s body was discovered in a luxury hotel in the capital city of Kampala on Friday.  His assistant Katheryne Fuller was found unconscious and is now recovering at a hospital.

Police say hotel staff noticed a man hanging on a balcony.  When they went to the room, they found Rice’s body on the balcony and Fuller lying in the room.  Staff called police and rushed the victims to a hospital where Rice was declared dead, police said.
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So sad . . . drugs . . .

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'Amazing Race' Assistant May Not Be Allowed to Go Home
By BAZI KANANI (@bazikanani) , COLLEEN CURRY and KEVIN DOLAK
February 23, 2012

The assistant to "Amazing Race" producer Jeff Rice, who Uganda police say died of a cocaine overdose, may not be allowed to leave the country because she also tested positive for cocaine, police told ABC News today.

Katheryne Fuller, who was in Kampala, Uganda, to help Rice film a documentary, was found unconscious on a hotel balcony next to Rice last Friday. Both were rushed to a hospital where Rice was declared dead.

"Ms. Fuller is slowly recovering, and when she is recovered enough we will be able to talk to her and find out more about what happened," Uganda Police Force spokesman Asuman Mugenyi said. "  ::snipping2::
Because she tested positive for cocaine, she likely broke Uganda's drug laws, Mugenyi told ABC News. He said the police were waiting for permission from Interpol to release Fuller to go back to South Africa, and also to release Rice's body to his family in South Africa.
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Mugenyi dismissed earlier reports that Rice might have been poisoned after a run-in with local "thugs." Many friends find it hard to believe that both he and Fuller could have simply overdosed.
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