Son of TV producer dies in ski accident in Utah

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – The son of TV producer Jenji Kohan, who created the series “Örange Is the New Black,” died in a skiing accident on New Years Eve in Utah, police said Thursday.

Charles “Charlie” Noxon, 20, was pronounced dead after hitting a sign on Tuesday on a mid-level trail at Park City Mountain station, police said.

He was alone and there were no witnesses to the crash, but it appears to have happened as he was attempting to cross a fork in the trail, said Summit County Sheriff’s Lt. Andrew Wright.

He was quickly discovered by other skiers and pronounced dead by an air ambulance team before reaching a hospital. He had skiing experience and wore a helmet, Wright said. The cause of death is under investigation.

Noxon was traveling with his siblings and his father, journalist Christopher Noxon, police said. They were further down the mountain at the time of the accident.

Her mother is known to have created the Netflix show “Orange Is the New Black” and the Showtime series “Weeds”.

Originally from Los Angeles, Charlie Noxon was a student at Columbia University studying philosophy, economics and Chinese, his family said in a statement released by police.

“He was questioning, irreverent, curious and kind,” his parents wrote. “Charlie has had a great life of study and argument and travel and food and shave and adventure and sweetness and most of all love. We can’t conceive of life without him.

He is survived by his parents and siblings, Eliza and Oscar. His funeral will be held Sunday at Temple Israel in Hollywood.

The ski resort is located near the headquarters of the Sundance Film Festival, which is slated to start later this month.