Mary Kate Golding, 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Set Decorator, Fatally Stabbed in Apparent Murder-Suicide
The 34-year-old was found dead in her Queens apartment early Tuesday morning. Her husband was later found dead in a nearby park.
“On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at approximately 0024 hours, police responded to a 911 call of an assault... Upon arrival, officers observed a 34-year-old female victim with a stab wound to the back.”
Mary Kate Golding, a set decorator for shows including "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," died Tuesday in Queens, N.Y. after being stabbed, according to Variety. She was 34.
Golding was a New York City-based professional whose credits also included "Goosebumps," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," and the 2025 Netflix docuseries "Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer," as reported by Deadline.
What do we know about the incident?
Police responded to a 911 call at the couple's Astoria apartment just after midnight on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. The NYPD statement said officers found a 34-year-old female victim with a stab wound to the back. Emergency medical services pronounced her deceased at the scene.
A few hours later, around 6:39 a.m., police were called to Astoria Park. There, they discovered Golding's husband, Joseph Azzaretto, 33, unconscious and unresponsive. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Law enforcement sources told The New York Post and other outlets that the man found in the park apparently died by hanging. A murder-suicide is suspected, according to multiple media reports.
The couple's 11-month-old son was found at their home and was not harmed.
What was Mary Kate Golding’s career?
Golding was a 2015 graduate of New York University. She launched her career in 2017 as an art department production assistant on the film "The Big Sick." She served as a set decorator coordinator for Amazon's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" in 2018.
Her recent work included set decorating roles on the film "Marry Me" and the series "Extrapolations." According to her IMDb page, she was set to work as an assistant set decorator on Sean Durkin's upcoming feature film "Deep Cuts."
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a set decorator?
A set decorator is a key member of a film or television show's art department. They are responsible for sourcing, selecting, and arranging all the movable objects and furnishings seen on screen, working closely with the production designer to create a believable and specific visual environment for the story.
Did the couple have a history of domestic incidents?
The current police reports and media coverage of this specific incident do not detail any prior domestic history between Golding and Azzaretto. The reporting does note a separate, years-old family tragedy involving Azzaretto's brother and father in Pennsylvania.
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