Ellen DeGeneres posted a tearful video to fans in which she remembered longtime executive producer Matt Wright, calling his death ‘shocking.’ Wright, a 52‑year‑old producer who worked on her daytime talk show for 16 years, died in Los Angeles on Friday.
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Fans may care because the video shares Ellen’s personal response to the loss of a key member of her show’s team.
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