Overview
- Matthew “Matt” Wright, 52, died Oct. 30 while working remotely in Los Angeles, his family announced on a GoFundMe page.
- The GoFundMe says Wright and his husband Justin were laid off this summer and requests money to transport Wright’s remains, pay for a New York funeral and a Los Angeles memorial, and support relatives.
- Ellen DeGeneres and former colleagues including Andy Lassner have posted tearful tributes, with DeGeneres calling Wright “the glue” of the show’s family.
- No official cause of death has been released and news reports so far rely on the family’s fundraiser statement and social posts from former colleagues.
- Wright spent 16 years on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and held credits on other daytime programs, and his sudden death has exposed the immediate financial and logistical strain on his surviving family as they arrange return and services.