According to Christal Jones, a CNN spokeswoman, a woman who died in an accidental drowning in Livingston Parish on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, was CNN anchor Don Lemon’s older sister.
L’Tanya “Leisa” Lemon Grimes, 58, of Denham Springs, died after falling into a pond at the Livingston Trace subdivision south of the Juban Road exit on I-12.
On Wednesday, at 4 p.m., officers arrived on the scene.
An officer with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday that the drowning appeared to be an accident on February 1, 2018.
Leisa Lemon cause of death: How did Don Lemon sister die?
While fishing at the neighborhood pond, Grimes appeared to misstep and fell into the water.
CNN’s Lemon is the host.
Tonight with Don Lemon airs in prime time, and he also works as a correspondent for CNN/US.
On New Year’s Eve, he was in New Orleans alongside Brooke Baldwin, co-hosting the network’s coverage from the city.
