Right this moment present co-host Sheinelle Jones’ husband, Uche Ojeh, has died after a battle with an aggressive type of mind most cancers. He was 45.
The NBC morning present introduced the passing on-air on Friday (Might 23), with Savannah Guthrie telling viewers, “With profound disappointment, we share this morning that Uche Ojeh, the husband of our pal and Right this moment co-host Sheinelle Jones, has handed away after a brave battle with an aggressive type of mind most cancers known as glioblastoma.”
Based on the Mayo Clinic, “Glioblastoma is a sort of most cancers that begins as a development of cells within the mind or spinal twine. It grows shortly and may invade and destroy wholesome tissue. Glioblastoma kinds from cells known as astrocytes that help nerve cells.”
“There aren’t any phrases for the ache we really feel for Sheinelle and their three younger kids. Uche was an unbelievable particular person,” Guthrie continued. “All of us beloved him. And so we wish to take a second to let you know extra concerning the outstanding man who was Sheinelle’s good accomplice in life.”
Uche Ojeh, Sheinelle Jones’ husband of 17 years, has died following a battle with mind most cancers. He was 45. https://t.co/Tq9l0UVc4O
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) Might 23, 2025
Jones hasn’t appeared on Right this moment since December 18. In January, she broke her silence on her absence, revealing she was coping with a household well being matter.
“I sincerely respect all of you who’ve reached out whereas I’ve been absent from the present. I wish to share with you that I’m taking time to take care of a household well being matter,” she wrote on Instagram on the time. “It’s not misplaced on me how fortunate I’m to haven’t solely the the help of my Right this moment present household, however to even have all of you. Your kindness means a lot to me. I’ll see you quickly.”
Based on Right this moment, Jones and Ojeh met at Northwestern College within the late Nineteen Nineties and dated for eight years earlier than Ojeh proposed on that very same campus of their alma mater.
“I used to be a pretend tour information… I used to be simply strolling to class,” Jones instructed the Northwestern’s campus journal in 2024 as she recalled how they first met. “I used to be like, ‘Are you guys misplaced?’ And I instructed him I’d take him round as a result of he was cute.”
They tied the knot in September 2007 and went on to welcome three kids, son Kayin (born in August 2009) and twins, son Uche and daughter Clara (Born in July 2012).
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