Sean Cooley

Sean Cooley - beloved husband, friend, and the holder of the best laugh in the world, passed away after suffering complications from a heart attack and stroke on October 8th, 2022. He was 38 years old. Sean was born in Meriden, CT on February 4, 1984 to Gregg (deceased) and Sharon (deceased) and spent his formative years there until moving to Vermont to go to Saint Michael's College, where he majored in journalism and kick-started his lifelong love of storytelling. He received a Masters in Journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago where he met his wife Christine, his best friend Nick, and countless other friends who would become like family, immersing himself in the comedy scene there and becoming a mainstay at Second City, iO, Annoyance, and Playground theater. In 2016, he moved to Los Angeles and quickly became a fixture in the food, travel, and cannabis community, writing countless articles, eating countless amazing meals, and amassing countless amounts of weed paraphernalia, all in the name of work. He was the life of the party: smart, witty, kind, funny, and an incredible listener who always gave out more than he took in. While his death was a shock to many, it's not the quantity of years that one spends on this earth that truly matters, but the quality, and Sean lived a life that was devoted to his friends, family, sense of adventure, and fun. He is deeply missed, and his legacy of love and joy lives on in all those who knew him including his wife Christine, his brother Chris and wife Shane, niece Avery, nephew Cameron, his Aunt Shelley, Uncle Glenn, grandparents Carlene and Ernie, and literally anyone else lucky enough to be in his orbit. Sean was a big supporter of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, and if you'd leave a donation in his honor he'll no doubt let out a hearty, thankful laugh for you wherever in the cosmos he is.