{"id":1591,"date":"2025-01-19T15:23:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T15:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2025-01-19T15:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T15:23:35","slug":"tragic-news-ncis-star-michael-weatherly-reveals-heartbreaking-loss-of-his-younger-brother-will-weatherly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=1591","title":{"rendered":"Tragic News: NCIS Star Michael Weatherly Reveals Heartbreaking Loss of His Younger Brother, Will Weatherly!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"post-17974 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"post-inner group\">\n<div class=\"entry themeform\">\n<div class=\"entry-inner\">\n<p>Michael Weatherly, beloved for his 13-season portrayal of Special Agent Tony DiNozzo on CBS\u2019s\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>, shared heartbreaking news over the weekend: his younger brother, Will Weatherly, passed away on April 20, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In an emotional Twitter post, Michael wrote,\u00a0<em>\u201cMy younger brother Will Weatherly shed his mortal coil and now continues his journey through the universe. He was always interested in traveling. Brother, may you rest in peace.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17975 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curiousjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/343942108_226297203345840_667370.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curiousjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/343942108_226297203345840_667370.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curiousjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/343942108_226297203345840_667370-225x300.jpg 225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Typically private about his personal life, Michael\u2019s announcement prompted an outpouring of sympathy from fans. One supporter commented,\u00a0<em>\u201cWishing you and your family strength and your brother peace on his journey.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Another wrote,\u00a0<em>\u201cLet his love of travel inspire you to keep exploring and making new memories.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The actor, who has four half-sisters, is being surrounded by love and support from his fans during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1592\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1737300134006-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1737300134006-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1737300134006.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Weatherly, beloved for his 13-season portrayal of Special Agent Tony DiNozzo on CBS\u2019s\u00a0NCIS, shared heartbreaking news over the weekend: his younger brother, Will Weatherly, passed away&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1593,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions\/1593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}