Meredith Vieira’s husband, Richard Cohen, dead at 76 after 50-year MS battle
nypost.comMeredith Vieira since 1986, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 76.Cohen lived more than 50 years with multiple sclerosis and survived two cancer diagnoses.Hoda Kotb announced his death on “Today” Tuesday.
The host said Cohen was “surrounded by his family and love” at the time of his passing, including Vieira, 71, and their three kids: daughter Lily, 32, and sons Gabriel 34, and Benjamin, 36.The family had been together since Thanksgiving, as Kotb noted they were “concerned they were going to lose him early.
Instead, they got a glorious month with their dad.”“She’s in really good spirits,” Savannah Guthrie added of her fellow “Today” anchor. “She was such a beautiful and devoted wife to Richard and he adored Meredith.
And hanging out with them, they were like the most fun and entertaining, irreverent, cool couple you could hang out with.”The couple was married for 38 years, with Cohen being diagnosed at the age of 25 with MS.
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