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Former "Today" anchor Meredith Vieira's husband, Richard Cohen, died on Christmas Eve, the show's current hosts said Tuesday.
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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 system.
He and Vieira were married for 38 years and share three children: Benjamin Cohen, 36, Gabriel Cohen, 34, and Lily Cohen,
"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 by 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 recently we