Chris Burrous Personal Life, Career, Net Worth, Metrics, Death

Chris Burrous was an American journalist and television news anchor. Since 2011, he worked for the KTLA news channel where he also worked as a weather reporter. The journalist was popular for his innovative style of presentation among his peers and achieved huge success for his ‘Burrous Bites’ food segment.

Sadly, KTLA News anchor Burrous died on December 27, 2018. According to reports of the February 23, 2019 explosion , he was found unresponsive in a Glendale motel room, died of methamphetamine intoxication while engaging in vigorous sexual activity with a man. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office further added that the manner of death recorded as accidental, hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease was also a factor in his death.

CHRIS BURROUS: BIO, FAMILY, CAREER

He was born on January 11, 1975 in Santa Clara County, California, United States as Christopher Rocky Burrous. There is not much information available about his parents or siblings. However, some sources reported that his parents worked as a farmer and NASA engineer. Regarding his education, he earned his degree in Broadcast Journalism from Chapman University.

After graduating, he began his career as a journalist and was involved in the field for more than two decades. He had a career reporting at stations in the Bay Area and South Dakota in 1999. There he joined KGET in Bakersfield as a morning anchor. Then he gained work experience at other stations like KGPE in Fresno and KMAX in Sacramento. After that, he joined KTLA in 2011 as a reporter and presenter, spending his fourteen years at the station.

CHRIS BURROUS: PERSONAL LIFE, WIFE AND DEATH

The news anchor was married to his wife Mai-Do Burrous until the time of his death. Mai-Do is also a professional journalist. The couple first worked while Chris worked for news station KGET-TV in Bakersfield, California. Shortly after, they fell in love with each other and got married in October 2003. After three years in 2009, they welcomed their only child, daughter Isabella. The couple were happy together and no sign of their divorce or any rumors of a split.

However, he died in December 2018 of a drug overdose in a hospital after being found unconscious at a motel in Glendale, California. According to inquest reports, his cause’s death was attributed to methamphetamine toxicity and his death was ruled accidental. The coroner’s report also stated that the cause of his death was hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Additionally, reports indicate that at the time of his death, he was confronted with sexual activity with a man he met through the Grindr app. Moreover, he has met the male companion four times before. During the activity, before losing consciousness, he had inserted two crystal meth stones into his rectum.

CHRIS BURROUS: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

During his lifetime, he earned a considerable sum through his career as a news anchor and reporter. He had an estimated net worth of around $500,000. Additionally, he reportedly earned an average salary of $142,800 per year. Additionally, famed Big Bang Theory actor Kunal Nayyar donated $5,000 to Chris’ family.

He was active on different social media platforms with unverified accounts before his death. He had an Instagram account @chrisburrous with 17.8k followers. On Twitter, he has a verified and personal account @chrisburrous with 27.8k followers. He has a verified Facebook account with over 62.9,000 followers.

CHRIS BURROUS: BODY MEASUREMENTS

He had a fit and strong body that stood at a height of 5 feet 9 inches or 1.75 meters and weighed around 70 kg. His body had measurements of 42-32-33 inches with 15 biceps and 11 shoe sizes. He had black eye color with black hair.