Katie Couric has remembered her first husband, John Paul Monahan, on what would have been their 33rd wedding anniversary. The star took to Instagram with a sweet throwback from their first dance on their big day.
MORE: Inside Katie Couric's huge $6.3million Hamptons home she designed with sister ClaraJohn was just 42 when he passed away from colorectal cancer in 1998 and he still has a firm place in Katie's heart.
WATCH: Katie Couric shares photos from daughter's idyllic Italian honeymoon She paid tribute to him with a message in which she also thanked her current husband, John Molner, for his support. "June 10, 1989," she wrote. "It would have been 33 years today.
Wow. (And special thanks to @johnmolner for always letting me honor Jay.)"Fans flooded her with prayers and kind words which read: "I love how you always honor his memory and the wonderful life you shared," and, "If anything positive could come of the loss of your first love, it is definitely the work you have done with colon cancer awareness.
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