When he was 25, he learned that he had multiple sclerosis. He coped with the disease throughout a long career at several networks, recalled in a best-selling memoir.

Richard Cohen, the journalist husband of broadcaster Meredith Vieira, has died at 76, more than 50 years after an MS diagnosis. He also beat colon cancer twice.

Meredith Vieira was married to her husband Richard Cohen from 1986 until his death in December 2024. Here’s everything to know about Meredith Vieira’s husband.