Stephen Wolfram's Wife Has Died

Stephen Wolfram's wife, Elise Cawley, a pure mathematician, died suddenly on August 4, 2026, from a cardiovascular event while recovering from heart surgery, after 36 years of marriage. Wolfram describes her as a brilliant, intellectually forceful humanist with a passion for truth, beauty, and creating elegant mathematical and aesthetic work, who was deeply devoted to their four children and family life.