MTV Murder: ‘Baffling,’ Says Victim’s Friend
Posted on May 10, 2011 @ 07:32PM
By Amber Goodhand
Radar Staff Reporter
The bizarre murder of MTV employee Gabriel Ben-Meir shocked Los Angeles, but is even more baffling to his friends and family.
Ben-Meir’s body was discovered face down on the sidewalk outside of his quiet Mid-Wilshire home early Sunday morning. Authorities report the 30-year-old was shot in the back of the head nearly five hours before being found.
“The circumstances of his death are totally baffling. I can’t imagine why someone would ever do something like this to him,” Ben-Meir’s close friend, Katy Tucker, told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview.
“If he was approached on the street, there’s no way he’d react aggressively. He was one of the kindest, gentlest people I’ve ever known.”
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Not much is known about the MTV music coordinator – who worked on Ashton Kutcher’s Punk’d and Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory – but a friend tells Radar, “He hated to be photographed.”
“He was so passionate about music and his family…and he talked about wanting to have a family and be a father just like his own,” Tucker said.
“My heart goes out to his family and I’ll never forget what a kind, passionate and wonderful person he was. I know people always say this, but he really didn’t deserve this…he had his whole life ahead of him. Though what a wonderful life he had up to this point.”
Tucker tells Radar she went to Kenyon College with Ben-Meir and the two remained very close friends afterwards while living in New York City.
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Detectives have no suspects at this point.
“We are all in terrible shock, and would appreciate anyone with information regarding his final hours to come forward,” Ben-Meir’s sister, Alexis, told the Los Angeles Times.
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Echoing Tucker, Alexis described her brother as “one of the kindest and most gentle souls I have and will ever come across.”
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This is sad, I hope they find who did this, people need to quit assuming who he was and what he did because no matter what he DID NOT deserve to have his life taken.
Posted Thu, 05/12/2011 - 1:01pm
Arty Ziff is clearly a biggot with a loose screw who not only has no clue what he's talking about. Gabe was one of the greatest people I've ever met and I will not tolerate his name being tainted by someone like this.
Posted Wed, 05/11/2011 - 10:29pm
ARTY ZIFF:
If you have some REAL information other than gossip and talking smack about the dead..
Why not call the police? Help out their family and give them closure???!!!
Posted Wed, 05/11/2011 - 10:12am
sounds like ArtieZiff speaks with the voice of experience, a hostile&bitter voice.
Posted Tue, 05/10/2011 - 11:12pm
"Arty" you seem to know a lot about this case. Very suspicious. His sexual orientation is irrelevant. To be so callous about a young kid's murder is disgusting. Trying to soil his name is beyond sick. Get a life!
Posted Tue, 05/10/2011 - 9:01pm