Andy Cohen Honors Kyra Samson After WWHL Manager Dies at 28, Raising Nearly $300,000
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Updated · TODAY · Jun 26
Andy Cohen Honors Kyra Samson After WWHL Manager Dies at 28, Raising Nearly $300,000
3 articles · Updated · TODAY · Jun 26
Summary
June 25's "Watch What Happens Live" ended with Andy Cohen choking up as he announced former production manager Kyra Samson had died Tuesday night at 28 from brain cancer.
Samson had been diagnosed at 27 with glioblastoma after coworkers noticed she was acting strangely at work in September 2025; her father said she died after a 9-month, 11-day fight.
Nearly $300,000 had been donated to the Kyra Fund by June 26, and Cohen urged viewers to support research aimed at helping others with glioblastoma.
Samson worked on "WWHL" for four years before joining "Jeopardy!" in March 2025, and was remembered by Cohen and her father, former Miami Marlins president David Samson, for her warmth and resolve.