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Erik Cowie of "Tiger King" has died
https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/07/tiger-king-zookeeper-erik-cowie-dead-dies/Erik Cowie -- one the zookeepers featured on "Tiger King" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell us Cowie's body was found Friday in NYC. We're told a friend found him face down in the bedroom of a residence. Unclear if it was his or theirs ... but he was a long way from Oklahoma, where he'd worked and lived in recent years.
Our sources say there's nothing suspicious about the death at this point, and no drugs were found on the scene, though a toxicology test will likely still be performed.
The guy made several appearances in Netflix's hit show from last year as one of Joe Exotic's longtime animal caretakers. In fact, he's often cited as the head keeper of JE's big cats ... and even stuck around to work at the GW Zoo even after Joe got thrown into prison.