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Meredith Vieira's husband, Richard Cohen, dies after living with multiple sclerosis for over 50 years
Richard Cohen, the husband of former "TODAY" show anchor Meredith Vieira, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 76.
Cohen lived with multiple sclerosis for more than 50 years and survived a pair of cancer diagnoses. He and Vieira were married 38 years and have three kids.
Cohen was a veteran journalist who worked for CBS News. He was also diagnosed with MS at a young age.
“I was diagnosed when I was 25 years old and essentially told there is no hope,” he said while appearing on "TODAY" with Vieira in 2018.
“Diagnosed and adios. Nothing much we can do,” he added.
Cohen wrote multiple books about his health and spoke out for people living with chronic illness.
“I think too many people stay closed and don’t tell the truth,” he said on "TODAY" in 2014.
Cohen told Vieira about his diagnosis on their second date.
“I told her about the illness, because I sort of learned the har
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Richard Cohen, award-winning journalist and Meredith Vieira's husband, dies at 76
Richard Cohen, award-winning journalist and husband to former "Today" host Meredith Vieira, died after battling pneumonia for two months, Vieira's rep confirmed. He was 76.
Cohen died on Christmas Eve, Vieira's rep Michael Gantz confirmed to USA TODAY on Tuesday. The Hudson Independent was the first to report the news. Cohen was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis over 50 years ago, according to the "Today" show, and he survived two bouts of cancer.
Vieira and Cohen were married for nearly four decades and share three children: Benjamin, 36, Gabriel, 34, and Lily, 32.
Cohen was himself a journalist, winning three Emmy awards for his work at CBS News before moving to CNN. He also spent time at both PBS and ABC.
"You don’t have to be controlled by it,” he told Yahoo Life in 2019 of MS. “I can give you a long list of things that I can’t do anymore. You just sort of learn to accept that. I look at o
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Former "Today" anchor Meredith Vieira's husband, Richard Cohen, died on Christmas Eve, the show's current hosts said Tuesday. He was 76.
Cohen, an Emmy Award-winning journalist who built his career as a producer at both CBS News and CNN, had lived for more than 50 years prior to his death with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous struktur. He and Vieira were married for 38 years and share three children: Benjamin Cohen, 36, Gabriel Cohen, 34, and Lily Cohen, 32.
"Today" co-anchors Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie announced Cohen's death during Tuesday morning's episode of the NBC series. Kotb said Cohen was "surrounded bygd his family and love" when he died.
"Meredith did say that all of the kids came around Thanksgiving because they were concerned they were going to lose him early," Kotb said. "But instead, they got a month, a glorious month, she said, with their dad."
Guthrie said Vieira "was in really good spirits," adding that the family recen