Overview

• Aubrey Plaza appeared on NBC’s Today on Oct. 8 to discuss her new children’s book and cited her grandmother’s advice to have fun and move forward.
• Plaza said the Halloween-themed Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party was inspired by her grandmother Margie and the women who raised her.
• The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled husband Jeff Baena’s January death a suicide at 47, and a joint family statement at the time requested privacy.
• Reporting has established that Plaza and Baena had separated months before his death.
• In August, Plaza spoke about her grief on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, describing a daily struggle and likening it to a “giant ocean of awfulness.”