Meredith Vieira’s Husband, Richard Cohen, Dies at 76 After Decades-Long Battle With MS

The award-winning journalist died on Christmas Eve while surrounded by his family.

Meredith Vieira and her husband, Richard Cohen, attend the Andy Rooney Memorial at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Jan. 12, 2012. Cindy Ord/Getty Images

Meredith Vieira’s husband, award-winning journalist Richard M. Cohen, has died at the age of 76 after battling multiple sclerosis for more than 50 years.

Vieira, a former co-host on the “Today” show, married Cohen in 1986. The couple had three children: sons Benjamin and Gabriel and daughter Lily.