Superstar Matchmaker Amber Kelleher, Who Labored with Eva Longoria on NBC Courting Collection, Useless at 56

Amber Kelleher-Andrews, identified for serving to celebrities discover love, has died. She was 56 years outdated. 

In accordance with an official assertion posted to the web site of her matchmaking firm, Kelleher Worldwide, the businesswoman died on April 13. A Fb tribute from her cousin Morgan Kelleher mentioned she was recognized with ovarian most cancers in 2017.

“We’re heartbroken to share the information of the passing of Amber Kelleher-Andrews — beloved Co-Founder, Co-CEO, matchmaking visionary, and devoted spouse and mom. We lengthen our deepest condolences to her stunning household, her many associates, the purchasers whose lives she touched so profoundly, and her mom, Jill Kelleher, the founding father of Kelleher Worldwide,” the official assertion mentioned. 

In her early years, the California native modeled and appeared on tv by means of her 20s. 

As time went on, she was praised for her potential to assist others discover sparks with their soulmates — a ability put to make use of for the 2013 NBC present, Prepared for Love, alongside hosts Giuliana and Invoice Rancic.

Eva Longoria produced the collection. 

Kelleher-Andrews is credited with matching Fortune 500 CEOs and A-list celebrities in addition to members of the British royal household and Rockefellers, The Hollywood Reporter mentioned in a 2012 unique earlier than the collection aired.

In September 2024, she gave PEOPLE a crash course in “cuffing season” forward of the cooler months.

Her ultimate Instagram publish was a single shot of her smiling. 

“🌟 Love is essentially the most highly effective drive within the universe. 💖 It’s not nearly romantic love—it’s the connection we share with everybody round us. The bonds we create, the power we change, and the best way we elevate one another up are what actually makes life extraordinary. ✨,” she wrote within the April 3 add.

The matchmaker concluded, “Let’s proceed to nurture these connections and embrace love in all its kinds. 💕”

She lived by those self same phrases.

“Amber all the time dreamt of being a mom and that grew to become a actuality after she married the love of her life, Nico. All of us loved watching her as a mom as a result of she was so inclusive with us in celebrating and supporting her youngsters,” her cousin Morgan wrote in his Fb tribute.

Kelleher-Andrews was a board member at Virgin Unite, the philanthropic group based by Richard Branson, cofounder of the Virgin Group. 

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“Amber was a treasure to this world. Her pleasure, love, and sheer willpower to make the world a greater place was awe inspiring. We really feel so lucky to have had her as a part of the Virgin Unite household for over a decade,” Branson, 74, mentioned.

“Her legacy will stay on within the many tens of millions of peoples’ lives she touched by means of her generosity and thru sparking function in so many peoples’ lives. She will likely be enormously missed, and we ship our like to her complete household and to her kids who she was so very pleased with.”

A celebration of life will likely be held for the entrepreneur in Santa Barbara within the subsequent few months, Morgan mentioned, including that her ultimate resting place will likely be Hanalei, Hawaii.