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Fox News Sports Reporter Dead at 33
Daily Fetched ^ | December 27, 2023 | Jason Walsh

Posted on 12/27/2023 11:22:08 AM PST by Red Badger

Fox News audio and sports reporter Matt Napolitano has died at the age of 33 after a long battle with an autoimmune disease.

Napolitano died from an infection, his husband, Ricky Whitcomb announced on social media.

“With a heavy heart I have to share that my husband @MattNapolitano passed away yesterday morning. 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.”

Napolitano worked as a writer for the SiriusXM channel Fox News Headlines 24/7 and also as an anchor and reporter on various shows on the network.

During his time at Fox, Napolitano worked on “Cavuto Coast to Coast” on Fox Business Network and also produced content for the Fox News Edge service,

Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott expressed her condolences in a memo to employees:

“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.”

Scott also praised Napolitano for his strong work ethic and commitment.

CBD News reported that Napolitano worked as an anchor and reporter, writing and producing segments for all Fox News audio platforms.

He contributed sports-related coverage for Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” weekday series anchored by Neil Cavuto.

He also did voice work for the Fox News Edge service, which delivers news coverage and content packages to Fox affiliate stations around the country.

Variety reported: Outside of work, Napolitano was an avid fan of “Jeopardy.” He was a contestant in 2020 on the syndicated game show, achieving a long-held dream after engaging in a methodical process of applying to be chosen for the show that began when he was a teenager. He also appeared as a contestant on “Wheel of Fortune” in 2016, making it to the bonus round on that game show.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Health/Medicine; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: aids; hiv
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To: bella1
Read the article

And break FReeper protocol? I think not!

21 posted on 12/27/2023 11:48:46 AM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Red Badger

Dead at 33.
After a 20-year struggle with AIDS.
Got it at 13?
Did he have any connection to all the fun at Epstein’s Island?


22 posted on 12/27/2023 11:49:34 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Red Badger

Autoimmune. So that’s what they’re calling aids now. 🤔


23 posted on 12/27/2023 11:50:24 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Red Badger

Per NBC

“In one of those posts, Whitcomb said that Napolitano “had an auto immune disease that he was diagnosed with almost 20 years ago and died as the result of an infection.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/matt-napolitano-fox-news-audio-anchor-reporter-dies-33-brief-illness-rcna131275


24 posted on 12/27/2023 11:55:39 AM PST by libh8er
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To: Red Badger

You get infections that can kill you by being penetrated by a dirty penis.


25 posted on 12/27/2023 11:57:38 AM PST by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: Fido969
AIDS.

I just recently got over a non-AIDS virus.

If AIDS was half that bad, I feel terrible for all those jokes I made.

26 posted on 12/27/2023 11:58:47 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
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To: PROCON

Reading the article is forbidden here. You only read three quarters of the headline and then off to the comments section to say how the article affirms your favorite (conspiracy) theory.


27 posted on 12/27/2023 11:59:32 AM PST by libh8er
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To: moovova

botulism ...... bad meat in the can


28 posted on 12/27/2023 12:03:32 PM PST by changeitback440
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To: Red Badger

“His husband...”


29 posted on 12/27/2023 12:04:52 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Red Badger

autoimmune disease, so AIDS then...


30 posted on 12/27/2023 12:06:23 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Good old fashioned venereal disease.


31 posted on 12/27/2023 12:07:19 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: End Times Sentinel

Common cold is a virus.


32 posted on 12/27/2023 12:15:24 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Red Badger

His Husband ???

Aids ?


33 posted on 12/27/2023 12:15:47 PM PST by Baldwin77 (Be not deceived, God is not mocked)
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To: libh8er

gaslight


34 posted on 12/27/2023 12:16:30 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: SaveFerris

Another slow-learner bites the dust.


35 posted on 12/27/2023 12:16:49 PM PST by Baldwin77 (Be not deceived, God is not mocked)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Good math.

What the heck is up with this disaster of an article.


36 posted on 12/27/2023 12:17:27 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: Red Badger

“His” husband?


37 posted on 12/27/2023 12:26:56 PM PST by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: Red Badger

A large number of inoculations start with the words, drop trou.


38 posted on 12/27/2023 12:30:34 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: Glad2bnuts

Bad meat in the can.


39 posted on 12/27/2023 12:33:57 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

“his husband” ... eeegads!


40 posted on 12/27/2023 12:34:57 PM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (Accepting a false premise initiates conversational defeat.)
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