# Set decorator Mary Kate Golding stabbed to death in Queens

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/marvelous-mrs-maisel-set-decorator-mary-kate-golding-fatally-stabbed-in-n-y/
- Published: 2026-07-24T10:32:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-24T16:47:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/mary-kate-golding-dead-stabbed-mrs-maisel-1236819887/
- Topics: Americas, Art, Culture, World

## Key points

- Set decorator Mary Kate Golding was fatally stabbed at her Queens home.
- Her husband was later found dead in Astoria Park.
- Their baby son was unharmed.

## Summary

Mary Kate Golding, a 34-year-old set decorator whose credits included “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, was fatally stabbed at her Queens home on 21 July. Her husband, Joseph Azzaretto, was found dead by hanging in nearby Astoria Park later that morning; multiple reports described the case as a suspected murder-suicide, while the NYPD statements did not identify either person or formally state a link between the deaths.

Police said officers responding shortly after midnight found Golding with a stab wound to her back and paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. The couple’s baby son was found unharmed, and Golding had recently been due to work on Sean Durkin’s forthcoming film “Deep Cuts”; her other screen credits included “Goosebumps”, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”, “Hawkeye” and “The Flight Attendant”.

## Coverage

- [Variety: Set decorator Mary Kate Golding stabbed to death in Queens](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/mary-kate-golding-dead-stabbed-mrs-maisel-1236819887/)
- [The Hollywood Reporter: Mary Kate Golding, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Set Decorator, Dies at 34 in Fatal Stabbing](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mary-kate-golding-dead-stabbed-marvelous-mrs-maisel-set-1236655637/)

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