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Ellen DeGeneres Mourns Loss of Longtime Producer Matthew Wright
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In Short: According to his IMDb page and LinkedIn profile, Wright served as a producer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2006 to 2022.
In a tribute posted on Instagram, DeGeneres remembered Wright as a beloved member of her show. She shared several photos of the two together, taken just days before Wright's death, and expressed her gratitude for the time they spent working together.
According to his IMDb page and LinkedIn profile, Wright served as a producer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2006 to 2022. He also worked on The Drew Barrymore Show, The Jennifer Hudson Show, and game shows created by DeGeneres.
Wright reflected on his 16 years working on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in a 2022 Instagram post marking the end of the daytime talk show. He wrote, 'How do I even begin to sum up 16 years of my life?' and expressed his gratitude for the show and the experiences it provided.
DeGeneres revealed that she and Wright were working on a project at the time of his death, though she offered no details about the nature of the project or the cause of his death. She said, 'We should have had so much more time with him.'
In her tribute, DeGeneres fought back tears as she recalled their years together and revealed that they had recently been planning another project. She said, 'I will forever be grateful to @theellenshow for taking a chance on me and changing my life!'
The entertainment world is mourning the sudden loss of a longtime television producer who spent more than a decade helping bring daytime television to life, as reported by The Hollywood Gossip.
Despite the lack of details about the cause of death, the entertainment industry is united in mourning Wright's passing and celebrating his contributions to television.
The sources have not established the exact cause of Wright's death, but they agree on his significant contributions to The Ellen DeGeneres Show and his close relationship with DeGeneres.
What's confirmed
- Wright died Oct. 30 while working remotely in Los Angeles, according to a fundraising page created to support his family.
- “How do I even begin to sum up 16 years of my life?” he wrote at the time.
- “He was an amazing guy,” DeGeneres said in the video.
- He was a brilliant producer and an even better human being.
- Lassner said Wright had recently visited him on the set of The Jennifer Hudson Show, where Lassner now works as an executive producer, during filming for the show’s Halloween episode.
- Published: 13:58 EDT, 2 November 2026 | Updated: 15:05 EDT, 2 November 2026 Former The Ellen DeGeneres Show executive producer Matthew Wright has died suddenly aged 52.
- Ellen DeGeneres is mourning the loss of Matthew Wright, who worked as an executive producer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for 16 years and appeared frequently on the show.
What's still developing
- The Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures at Wright State University wrote on social media that the artist died with his sister by his side in California.