Matt Napolitano, a longtime reporter and host for the Fox Audio Network, died of an infection on Dec. 23, his husband said on social media. He was 33.
“It is with a heavy heart that I announce that my husband @MattNapolitano passed away yesterday morning,” Ricky Whitcomb posted on X/Twitter (see below). “He loved his job and he loved reporting the news on radio and television. An honest journalist who really cares about the facts. You can thank him today for the Jets’ last minute win.
Whitcomb noted another X/Twitter post that his husband, to whom he had been married for only seven months, “had an autoimmune disease with which he was diagnosed almost twenty years ago and died as a result of an infection”.
Napolitano joined Fox News Radio as sports anchor for its SiriusXM channel Fox News Headlines 24/7 – a station that has included coverage of the Super Bowl, World Series, Daytona 500 and more. He also loved Neil Cavuto’s Fox Business Network show. According to his LinkedIn profile, he was a two-time winner of the Associated Press Journalism Award for Best Overall Newscast.
“Matt has done everything from hosting to writing and producing for our audio platforms, and he’s enjoyed working in the field of journalism he’s trained his entire life for,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott said in ‘ wrote a memo to staff. today. “He began his Fox career in 2015 as a writer for our dedicated SiriusXM news channel Fox News Headlines 24/7. There he quickly demonstrated his writing, producing and on-air skills. He was soon appointed as the service’s sports reporter and continued to excel in this position.
She added, “After a very brief departure, Matt returned to Fox News Audio as an update anchor/reporter and once again wrote, produced and presented across all audio platforms. Matt also appeared on the Fox Business Network Cavuto from coast to coast with breaking sports stories and worked with the team at our affiliate news service Fox News Edge on voice packages for various Fox affiliates.
Before joining Fox, Napolitano was an associate news producer at TMZ.
Source: Deadline
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