MSNBC and CNN legal analyst Midwin Charles died on Tuesday; she was 47 Cause of death was not mentioned in the post from Charles' family members Charles had taken to Instagram on March 19 to share that she would not be having routinely scheduled Happy Hour 'Hey guys! Sadly, happy hour tonight is canceled. I'm not feeling well,' she said in the post. 'See you next Friday' The lawyer was the founder of law firm Midwin Charles & Associates LLC and a contributor at Essence Magazine She provided commentary on shows including CNN, HLN, Bloomberg TV, MSNBC and TV One While working for CNN, she provided legal commentary for live trials daily on InSession (formerly CourtTV) on truTV