‘AMAZING RACE’ PRODUCER FOUND DEAD

American Television producer Jeff Rice was found dead in his hotel room at the Kampala Serena late last week.

The producer’s body was found hanging on the balcony just outside his hotel room in the Ugandan capital, as his production assistant, Catherine Fuller, was found unconscious within the same area.

According to local police, the two had booked a room at the leading hotel on Thursday 16th February 2012 and on Friday hotel staff found Rice’s body and Fuller unconscious.

Jeff Rice

Earlier reports had claimed that Rice died of food poisoning, which was later  found to be false, as analytical laboratory results declared it a c*****e overdose. This is according to leading Ugandan newspaper, the New Vision.

Rice was the producer of popular US reality TV show, the Amazing Race, which airs right here in Kenya on NTV. The two were, however, not shooting for the Amazing Race in Uganda, but were working on a documentary.

Rice’s body was due to be flown home after his family signed an affidavit.