Matt Napolitano Dies: Fox Audio Network Anchor & Reporter Was 33

Erik Pedersen
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Matt Napolitano, a longtime reporter and anchor Fox Audio Network, died December 23 of an infection, his husband said on social media. He was 33.

“With a heavy heart I have to share that my husband @MattNapolitano passed away yesterday morning,” Ricky Whitcomb posted on X/Twitter (see it below). “He loved his job and he loved bringing the news to your radios and televisions. An honest journalist who truly cared about facts. You can thank him for the last minute Jets win today.”

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Whitcomb noted in another X/Twitter post that his husband of just seven months “had an auto immune disease that he was diagnosed with almost 20 years ago and died as the result of an infection.”

Napolitano joined Fox News Radio as a sports anchor for its SiriusXM channel, Fox News Headlines 24/7 — a stint that included covering the Super Bowl, World Series, Daytona 500 and more. He also mad appearances on Neil Cavuto’s Fox Business Network show. He was a two-time Associated Press Journalism Award winner for Best Overall Newscast, according to his LinkedIn profile.

“Matt did everything from anchoring to writing and producing for our audio platforms and loved being able to work in the journalism field that he trained for his entire life,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott wrote in a memo to staff Sunday. “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 soon became a sports reporter for the service and further excelled in that position.

She added: “After a very brief departure, Matt returned to Fox News Audio as an update anchor/reporter, again writing, producing, and anchoring on all audio platforms. Matt also appeared on Fox Business Network’s Cavuto Coast to Coast with the latest sports stories and worked with the team at our affiliate news service Fox News Edge voicing packages for various Fox affiliates.”

Before joining Fox, Napolitano was an associate news producer at TMZ.

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