Grisetti died by suicide on July 10 at the age of 44.Grisetti died by suicide on July 10 at the age of 44.
Josh Grisetti’s official cause of death has been revealed following his tragic suicide on July 10 at the age of 44.
Grisetti died from a gunshot wound, California’s Orange County Sheriff’s Department coroner told Page Six on Thursday.
The autopsy report listed associated injuries as multiple bilateral temporal calvarial fractures and a brain injury.
The “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” actor’s friend and fellow Broadway star Rob McClure announced his death over the weekend.
“It is with a shattered heart that I share that the brilliant Josh Grisetti took his own life on Friday,” McClure wrote on Instagram alongside a carousel of images of them together.
“I’m not ready to even attempt to understand. My heart is with his wife and family as they try to deal with the reality of this.”
McClure concluded, “Communities around the world will never be the same without him. We love you Josh. Just a cataclysmic loss.”
Several stars, including Ariana DeBose and Rachel Zegler, penned their condolences in the comments section.
Just two days before his death, Grisetti left the production of “Legally Blonde: The Musical” due to “personal reasons.”
His final Instagram post revealed he would be stepping away from his directorial duties for the show’s opening night and that his “heart [was] hurting.”
Grisetti rose to fame in 2015 when he made his Broadway debut starring as Marty Kaufman in “It Shoulda Been You.”
The following year, he solidified his Broadway career by starring as Nigel Bottom in the hit musical “Something Rotten!”
Then in 2023, he landed a recurring role as Ralph Emerson in the final season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
Josh is survived by his wife, real estate agent Mackenzie Grisetti, whom he married in February 2020.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.
