Michael Brooks Dead: Popular Host of ‘The Michael Brooks Show’ Dies Suddenly

Michael Brooks, the popular host of The Michael Brooks Show, has died suddenly of a medical condition, his production team announced. The Michael Brooks Show posted a statement on Twitter on July 20, writing, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the unexpected passing of Michael Brooks: a son, brother, friend and true comrade to so many, due to a sudden medical condition.” No further details were provided about his cause of death.

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— TMBS – The Michael Brooks Show (@tmbsfm) July 20, 2020

The statement adds, “His family will release a statement in the near future about plans to keep his work alive by creating a foundation in his honor. While the form it will take is uncertain, Michael’s family desires to keep his work alive and asks all who wish to contribute continue doing so in the usual channels. Now we will honor Michael by treating all humans with respect and dignity.”

The Michael Brooks Show is described on its LinkedIn as “Weekly web show and podcast on the Majority Report Network. Hosted by Disrupting the Narrative. Michael Brooks is the host of the Michael Brooks Show, a history driven, politics and entertainment program.” Its Facebook page adds that it represents “the Vanguard of the New Left.” Brooks also described the show on his LinkedIn as “a smart, progressive, irreverent, and funny look at the politics of today.”

This story is developing and will be updated.

In addition to hosting The Michael Brooks Show, Brooks was also a co-host of The Majority Report With Sam Seder, a position he held since 2013. The Majority Report is a daily political talk show; it lists Brooks as a contributor who “appears regularly as a political and cultural analyst on outlets including Huffpost Live, SirusXM, AlJazeera English, CCTV and France 24. His writing has appeared in the Jacobin, Al Monitor, Al Jazeera, the Washington Post, among others.”

His LinkedIn also states that he was the co-host of 2 Dope Boys & a Podcast, which is described as “twice weekly trends and cultural insight podcast that examines what’s happening and why in the worlds of culture, business, technology, fashion and sports.” The website for 2 Dope Boys & a Podcast states that Brooks “co-founded an arts and performance incubator in Western Massachusetts where he performed stand up and sketch comedy.”

In addition to appearing on these podcasts and web shows, Brooks has also written as a contributor for Jacobin, Baffler and Open Democracy.

Brooks obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science at Bates College in Maine and he studied European and Turkish security studies at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

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