Overview
- Jennifer Grey posted that her mother, Jo Wilder, died on July 4 at age 94 after learning she had lung cancer about a week earlier.
- Grey wrote that Wilder died “by her own choosing, on her own terms,” a phrase many readers have interpreted as an allusion to assisted dying though no method has been confirmed.
- Wilder was remembered as a performer and lifelong activist who later ran a Los Angeles shop called Wilder Place and who shared two children with Joel Grey.
- The Instagram tribute drew an outpouring of support from celebrity friends and a broad social‑media conversation about dignity, choice, and end‑of‑life options.
- No official cause or manner of death has been disclosed by family or authorities, and coverage of the post is likely to renew public attention to medical aid in dying laws and end‑of‑life care decisions.