The executive director of the Columbus Zoo died suddenly Sunday night.
Jeff Swanagan, who came to the zoo last year after running the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta,apparently suffered a heart attack at home, zoo officials confirmed to 10TV News. Swanagan was51.
Swanagan was an Ohio native and Ohio State University graduate who started his career at theColumbus Zoo in 1979 before leaving for Zoo Atlanta in the 1980s. He eventually served as thedeputy director of Zoo Atlanta, and he oversaw the Florida Aquarium and Georgia Aquarium duringtheir start-up years.
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