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Tragedy struck the team behind the Sherry The daytime talk show as one of their top executives is found dead during a financial investigation.
According Page sixauthorities say they discovered the lifeless body of Matt Uzzle at his home in Piermont, NY, on February 13. Its executive officer Sherry The show was under investigation for budget irregularities after the show's parent company, Debmar-Mercury, learned that Uzzle had not been paying rent for the show's Chelsea Studios in New York City since September 2023.
Police went to Uzzle's home to conduct a welfare check when concern began to grow after no one had heard from him. Unfortunately, they found that Uzzle died of what is being reported as a suicide.
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Sources told us that several departments had complained about petty cash issues, and it was recently brought to the attention of parent company Debmar-Mercury that rent at the series' Chelsea studio in New York had not been paid since September.
“There was real concern among staff that the show was closing. Debmar had to step in,” said a source familiar with the situation.
Another source told us the show has not been affected and Debmar-Mercury has continued to produce “Sherri.”
Uzzle — whom Shepherd inherited from “The Wendy Williams Show” after “Sherri” replaced Williams' daytime schedule — said he “took a few days to get his act together” after Brass confronted him about the financial situation of the series, according to a source. familiar with the situation.
Paying tribute to their friend, an on-air “in memoriam” tribute to Uzzle was included at the end of Sherri's February 15 episode.
