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NBC News reports: Former “Grey’s Anatomy” star Isaiah Washington revealed in an Instagram post over the weekend that his wife of 29 years, Jenisa Garland Washington, died more than a year ago. Appearing to address speculation, Washington said “the rumors are true” and that his wife had “collapsed suddenly” in May 2025 and died on June 9, 2025. “It came as a huge shock to me and our entire family. She succumbed to a massive hemorrhagic stroke and never recovered,” he wrote on Saturday. “Listen, y’all…some headaches are not just headaches or migraines, they can be much worse and a warning sign.
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NBC News reports: Former “Grey’s Anatomy” star Isaiah Washington revealed in an Instagram post over the weekend that his wife of 29 years, Jenisa Garland Washington, died more than a year ago. Appearing to address speculation, Washington said “the rumors are true” and that his wife had “collapsed suddenly” in May 2025 and died on June 9, 2025. “It came as a huge shock to me and our entire family. She succumbed to a massive hemorrhagic stroke and never recovered,” he wrote on Saturday. “Listen, y’all…some headaches are not just headaches or migraines, they can be much worse and a warning sign.
