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.

Award-winning journalist Richard Cohen, former "Today" host Meredith Vieira's husband, died on Christmas Eve at 76 after battling MS for decades.

Richard Cohen, a journalist who was married to former “The View” co-host Meredith Vieira for 38 years, has died after living with multiple sclerosis for decades, it was announced Tuesday on “Today.”