Matthew Wright, an executive producer on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" for 16 years, died Oct. 30 at age 52, according to a GoFundMe for his family. His cause of death is not yet known. Ellen DeGeneres paid tribute in a video on Instagram on Monday.
Matthew Wright, a longtime executive producer of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," has died at age 52. He died on Friday, October 30, while working remotely in Los Angeles, according to a GoFundMe for his family. His family described his sudden death as an unfathomable tragedy. His cause of death is not yet known, and his family did not share it.
Wright worked on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" from 2006 until it ended in 2022. He was an executive producer on the show for 16 years and appeared frequently on it.
Ellen DeGeneres shared a video tribute to Wright on Instagram on Monday. In the tearful video, she described him as the glue of her entire show family. She described him as funny, smart and kind, and said he is and always will be the glue to the entire show family.
Executive producer Andy Lassner shared photos of himself and Wright on the "Jennifer Hudson Show" set, taken Thursday, hours before Wright's death. Lassner, also an executive producer of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, said Wright visited that set the day before he died. According to Lassner's post, Wright is survived by his husband, Justin.
The GoFundMe says Wright's husband, father, sister and niece are in New York. It says Wright and Justin were both laid off this summer. The campaign says the costs of getting Wright home, a funeral and a memorial are impossible for the family to bear.
