Matt Napolitano, a skilled out gay press reporter and anchor for the Fox Audio Network has actually died at the age of 33.
Napolitano’s hubby, Ricky Whitcomb shared the heartbreaking news on X (previously Twitter), just 7 months after the couple’s wedding event.
“With a heaviness of heart I need to share that my hubby @MattNapolitano died the other day early morning. He enjoyed his task, and he enjoyed bringing the news to your radios and tvs. A sincere reporter who genuinely appreciated truths,” Whitcomb composed on X
Napolitano was a huge New York Jets fan, a reality Whitcomb highlighted following the group’s accomplishment over the weekend.
On Sunday, the Jets protected a 30-28 success over the Washington Commanders, sealing the video game with a basket in the closing minutes. “You can thank him for the eleventh hour Jets win today,” Whitcomb included on X.
Whitcomb shared in another post that his hubby of 7 months, “had an autoimmune illness identified almost 20 years earlier and died due to an infection.”
With a heaviness of heart I need to share that my hubby @MattNapolitano died the other day early morning. He liked his task and he liked bringing the news to your radios and tvs. A sincere reporter who genuinely appreciated realities. You can thank him for the eleventh hour Jets win today pic.twitter.com/I4fszUMAeh
— ricky (@whickywhit) December 25, 2023
A Rising Star
Napolitano ended up being a sports anchor for Fox News Radio on “its SiriusXM channel, Fox News Headlines 24/7. Throughout his time, he covered significant occasions such as the Super Bowl, World Series and the Daytona 500. Napolitano was a graduate of Hofstra University and had actually likewise emerged on Neil Cavuto’s Fox Business Network program.
He was a two-time recipient of the Associated Press Journalism Award for Best Overall Newscast, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott composed a memo to staff members revealing his death which checked out, “Matt did whatever from anchoring to composing and producing for our audio platforms and enjoyed having the ability to operate in the journalism field that he trained for his whole life. He started his Fox profession in 2015 as an author for our devoted SiriusXM news channel FOX News Headlines 24/7. There, he rapidly showed his writing, producing and on-air abilities. He quickly ended up being a sports press reporter for the service and additional mastered that position.”
Homages For Napolitano
“He flaunted his skill outside the studio too, having actually been a runner up on Jeopardy! and making it to the bonus offer round of Wheel of Fortune, however it was his love of journalism that we were fortunate adequate to take advantage of throughout his time at Fox”, Scott composed.
Homages for Napolitano have actually flooded in, with numerous individuals sharing their love for the sports reporter and their experiences with him throughout the years.
Sportswriter Jerry Beach advised everybody to keep Napolitano’s household in their ideas on Christmas Eve. Beach tweeted“On this Christmas Eve, please keep in your ideas the partner, household & & buddies of Matt Napolitano, who died this weekend. He was an amazingly amusing & & gifted individual & & it was an opportunity to learn more about & & befriend him when he was a Hofstra trainee covering sports at the U.”
Sports anchor Casey Viera shared his response to the news of Napolitano’s death as a “hard one” to hear, including it was “tough to determine this world often”.
He explained Napolitano as “among the most amusing and passionate individuals I’ve had the possibility to deal with throughout my profession. Above all else, a caring guy and pal”. Viera concluded with a genuine, “Rest in peace, Matt Napolitano”.