Obama campaign staff member collapses, dies
CHICAGO – A staff member for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign died Friday after collapsing at the campaign's Chicago headquarters, campaign officials said.
Alex Okrent, 29, worked in the campaign's paid media department, which handles advertising.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that paramedics treated Okrent at the campaign headquarters and then took him to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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