Journalist and local Alabama television news anchor Christopher Sign, who broke the news of a secret tarmac meeting between former President Bill Clinton and then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch at Sky Harbor Airport in 2016, was found dead Saturday morning, according to local media. 

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The former reporter and anchor, who grew up near Dallas, Texas, was found after an emergency 911 call was received at 8.13 am. local time on Saturday regarding a person down at a residence, reported AL.com.

Soon the police and fire personnel arrived, and found the 45-year-old dead, according to local media. Police said the death is being investigated as a suicide. 

Previously a reporter and morning anchor at the ABC affiliate, Sign broke the news of the meeting between Bill Clinton and Lynch in 2016.

Sign used to play for the University of Alabama as an offensive lineman in the 1990s, before writing a book about the Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch meeting called “Secret on the Tarmac”.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Vice President and General Manager Eric S. Land said, “Our deepest sympathy is shared with Chris’s loving family and close friends.”

“We have lost a revered colleague whose indelible imprint will serve forever as a hallmark of decency, honesty and journalist integrity. We can only hope to carry on Chris’s legacy. May his memory be for blessing,” Land said, according to an ABC news report.