Patton Oswalt engaged to marry actress Meredith Salenger

NEW YORK – Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt is engaged to marry actress Meredith Salenger, his publicist confirmed Thursday.

The couple recently went public with their relationship at the Los Angeles premiere of “Baby Driver.”

Oswalt’s wife, Michelle McNamara, a writer who founded the website True Crime Diary, which covered both breaking stories and cold cases, died in April 2016 from a combination of prescription medications and an undiagnosed heart condition.

Oswalt had been public with his grief, writing about it and incorporating it into his standup routine.

People was first to report the news of the engagement.

Oswalt will appear in the upcoming NBC comedy “A.P. Bio.” Salenger rose to fame as the title character in the 1985 drama “The Journey of Natty Gann,” and since has appeared in the movie “Lake Placid,” the TV series “Hollywood Heights,” and done voice work for the animated series “Mad” and “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”