Dave Hollis, an author, former Disney executive and the ex-husband of writer Rachel Hollis, has died at age 47, a representative confirmed to CBS News Tuesday.
Hollis’ literary agent, Kevan Lyon, told CBS News in a statement that Hollis died over the weekend. No cause of death was immediately provided.
“I had the great honor of working with him on several books, including his most recent release with his daughter Noah,” Lyon said. “My thoughts are with his children and his family now in this very difficult and devastating time.”
Rachel Hollis, who shared four children with Dave Hollis, posted about his death on Instagram.
“We are so devastated,” she wrote Tuesday. “I have no words and my heart is too broken to find them. Please wrap the kids in prayer as we try and navigate through the unthinkable,” she wrote.
He had been recently hospitalized after experiencing heart-related issues.
Hollis previously was president of sales for the film studio at The Walt Disney Company.
After the widespread popularity of his wife’s blog and 2018 book Girl, Wash Your Face, he left Disney after 17 years to become CEO of The Hollis Company, which specializes in producing media content, books and events. became.
“I said one day, ‘Well, that’s not credible.’ I think there’s some snake oil in this area of personal development, and it worked for you. At least that’s what it is.” We have to confirm,” he told the Associated Press in September 2018.
Together, the couple hosted popular self-improvement seminars. After he and Rachel Hollis filed for divorce in 2020, he continued working as a life coach, ran a similar business, and wrote books like Get Out of Your Own Way.
A Skeptic’s Guide to Growth and Fulfillment” and “Built by Courage: Host the Rise Together podcast and face your fears to live life authentically. The latest episode of his health-focused interview podcast was released on February 9th.
Hollis also founded his Giving Fund, Dave Hollis. It aims to help a foster child, his teen who is homeless, a food insecure child, and has been fostered four times.
He also served on the Board of Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and was a Fellow of the Academy. He served on the boards of Fandango Labs, Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers, National Angels, and Pepperdine’s Institute for Entertainment Media and Culture, where he attended school.
Motivational speaker Mel Robbins wrote that after Hollis’ death, she and her husband Chris loved him like a brother.
“You made me laugh more than anyone I’ve ever met. I could talk for hours about anything and anyone, and we did.” Everywhere we went there was laughter,” she wrote.