Meredith Vieira's husband Richard Cohen dies after 50 year battle with multiple sclerosis
Richard M. Cohen, an Emmy award-winning journalist and the husband of Providence native Meredith Vieira, died Dec. 24 at the age of 76. Vieira's former "TODAY Show" co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie announced the news on air Tuesday morning. Kotb said Cohen was "surrounded by his family and love" at the time of his death.