by Mary performs
Could 24, 2025
Uche Ojeh was 45 years outdated.
The husband of NBC “At this time” co-anchor Sheinelle Jones has died. Uche Ojeh died after battling an aggressive and chronic type of mind most cancers at 45, in response to NBC’s Could 23 morning present report.
“At this time” co-host Savannah Guthrie reported, “With profound unhappiness, we share this morning that Uche Ojeh, the husband of our pal and At this time co-host Sheinelle Jones, has handed away after a brave battle with an aggressive type of mind most cancers known as glioblastoma. There aren’t any phrases for the ache we really feel for Sheinelle and their three younger kids. Uche was an unimaginable individual. All of us liked him. And so we wish to take a second to let you know extra in regards to the exceptional man who was Sheinelle’s good accomplice in life.”
On the time of his demise, Ojeh was 45, and he is survived by Jones and the three kids they share.
Fellow “At this time” co-anchor Craig Melvin shared his condolences and recalled enjoying golf with Ojeh simply final fall.
“We had a lot of conversations about simply life generally,” Melvin expressed. “And one factor he at all times talked about, he talked about these youngsters. He liked these youngsters greater than anything on this world, and was simply so proud. He was the dad that was on the sidelines each soccer recreation. He was in any respect the concert events and the recitals. He was that man.”
Jones has been on an prolonged depart of absence from her position on the NBC morning present for the reason that finish of final yr to cope with what she described as a “household well being matter.”
She has been part of the “At this time” present household for over a decade after becoming a member of again in 2014 to work alongside Dylan Dreyer and Craig Melvin below NBC Information.
Jones and Ojeh married in 2007, after the pair met at Northwestern College. Ojeh proposed to Jones on the college campus.
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