{"id":259022,"date":"2026-08-22T17:19:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/michael-wright-cause-of-death-revealed-report\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:19:49","slug":"michael-wright-cause-of-death-revealed-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/michael-wright-cause-of-death-revealed-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Wright Cause of Death Revealed (Report)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Evan Agostini\/ImageDirect via Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More details are coming out following the death of <a href=\"\/tags\/michael-wright\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Michael Wright<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday (August 21), the actor&#8217;s wife <strong>Susan Wright<\/strong> announced that the <em>Sugar Hill <\/em>and <em>The Five Heartbeats <\/em>star had died at the age of 70.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is with profound sadness and an unimaginable heaviness in my heart that I share the passing of my beloved husband, <strong>Michael Wright<\/strong>,\u201d she wrote in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcU39hcFQQB\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> tribute. \u201c<strong>Michael<\/strong> was a husband, a father (<strong>Manon Wright<\/strong>, <strong>Byron Barr<\/strong>, <strong>Brittney Briggs<\/strong>, <strong>Brianna Barr<\/strong>, <strong>Sir Barr<\/strong>, a grandfather (<strong>Yoko<\/strong>), loved one, a friend, and an extraordinary artist whose work touched generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wright-rip.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wright-rip-788x1182.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Wright dies at 70\" class=\"wp-image-2268863\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/22\/michael-wright-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a><\/em> then reported on Saturday (August 22) that <strong>Michael<\/strong> died after suffering heart failure and complications from the rare degenerative neurological condition Marchiafava-Bignami disease. The condition is a rare disorder defined by necrosis of brain tissue, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK526007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">National Institute of Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michael<\/strong> is also known for his roles in movies including <em>Money Talks<\/em>, <em>Point Blank<\/em>, and <em>The Interpreter<\/em>. Over on TV, he appeared on <em>Oz<\/em> and <em>V: The Series<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our continued thoughts are with <strong>Michael Wright<\/strong>&#8216;s loved ones during this difficult time. <a href=\"\/tags\/rip\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">RIP<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/22\/michael-wright-cause-of-death-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Wright Cause of Death Revealed (Report)<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/22\/michael-wright-cause-of-death-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Agostini\/ImageDirect via Getty More details are coming out following the death of Michael Wright. On Friday (August 21), the actor&#8217;s wife Susan Wright announced that the Sugar Hill and The Five Heartbeats star had died at the age of 70. \u201cIt is with profound sadness and an unimaginable heaviness in my heart that I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-259022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}