Dave Hollis passed away at his home in Texas after leaving his position as a Disney executive to assist his wife in managing a prosperous lifestyle company. He was 47.
According to Hays County Justice of the Peace Andrew Cable, Hollis, whose ex-wife Rachel Hollis penned the best-selling book “Girl, Wash Your Face,” was pronounced dead on Sunday afternoon at his home in Dripping Springs, a town outside of Austin.
As Hollis, who was last seen the previous evening, was “youthful and didn’t have a long medical history,” Cable said an autopsy will be done to identify the cause of death.
In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Rachel Hollis asked for prayers as the family tries to “navigate through the unthinkable.”
She wrote, “We are saddened. “I have no words and my heart is too broken.”
When Dave Hollis left Disney in 2018 to work for his wife’s business, he had spent 17 years there, including seven years as the company’s distribution chief. The parents of four relocated from Los Angeles to the Austin region and worked together on podcasts, live streams, and conferences that celebrated life. Their “Rise Together” podcast has a marriage-related theme.
When Rachel Hollis announced on Instagram in 2020 that they were getting divorced, she said they had worked “endlessly” over the prior three years to make their marriage work but came to the conclusion that “it is healthier and more respectful for us to choose this as the end of our journey as a married couple.”
During his tenure at Disney, Hollis oversaw the release of blockbusters, including “Black Panther” and films in the “Star Wars” franchise. He told The Associated Press in 2018 that he joined his wife’s enterprise after realizing he was in a corporate rut. He said his new life felt “like a calling.”
Hollis also wrote motivational books. His book “Get Out of Your Own Way: A Skeptic’s Guide to Growth and Fulfillment” was published in 2020, and he released “Built Through Courage: Face Your Fears to Live the Life You Were Meant For” in 2021.
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