'Today' host Sheinelle Jones' husband Uche Ojeh dies from glioblastoma at age 45

“Today” amusement big Sheinelle Jones’ husband, Uche Ojeh, has died of encephalon crab astatine property 45. The 2 were joined for 17 years.

Co-host Savannah Guthrie, surrounded by her colleagues, announced the quality “with profound sadness” Friday greeting during the show. Ojeh fought “a courageous conflict with an assertive signifier of encephalon crab called glioblastoma,” she said.

“There are nary words for the symptom we consciousness for Sheinelle and their 3 young children,” she continued. “Uche was an unthinkable person. We each loved him.”

Jones posted a photograph of her hubby connected Friday on with video from that broadcast. Her elemental caption offered acknowledgment to each who had supported them during Ojeh’s illness.

“Uche was an bonzer person. Full of airy and bosom and faith,” Guthrie wrote successful comments. “Sheinelle, my dearest, we emotion you and the kids with each of our hearts. I marvel astatine your strength. You are surrounded by emotion present and forever.”

“Love you Sheinelle...we wrapper our arms astir you present and forever!,” co-host Jenna Hager wrote. Talk-show and erstwhile “Today” big Tamron Hall and erstwhile “Today” co-host Hoda Kotb offered their condolences.

Meteorologist and third-hour “Today” co-host Dylan Dreyer joined in, writing, “Hoping you tin find bid successful the emotion and prayers that situation you and your unthinkable children. I’m truthful fortunate to person known Uche and his tone lives connected successful your family.”

Glioblastoma is the astir assertive signifier of encephalon and spinal cord cancer, the Glioblastoma Foundation says, with a existent modular of attraction that doesn’t assistance much. The mean endurance clip for radical who get attraction is 15 months aft diagnosis, according to the foundation, compared with 3 to six months for those who bash not. While probe connected caller treatments has been promising, according to the Mayo Clinic, the information has nary cure.

The Mayo Clinic says the illness is astir often diagnosed erstwhile radical are successful their mid-60s. Singer Michael Bolton, 72, announced past period that helium has been diagnosed with glioblastoma aft initially suffering nausea and equilibrium issues successful 2023. His diagnosis and exigency encephalon country came successful January 2024.

Jones, who anchors the 3rd hr of “Today” with Dreyer, Craig Melvin and Al Roker, has been absent from the amusement since mid-December, managing what she called “a household wellness matter.”

At the time, the 11-year NBC News seasoned did not disclose details but acknowledged her enactment strategy wrong and beyond the “Today” studio, saying that it “means truthful overmuch to me.” People reported successful January that the concern was “serious” but didn’t impact Jones oregon her 3 children with Ojeh: lad Kayin, 15, and twins Clara and Uche, 14.

Ojeh joined Jones successful September 2007 aft gathering during the 1990s connected the field of Northwestern University successful Evanston, Ill., erstwhile she was walking to people and helium was a precocious schoolhouse elder visiting campus. She decided to enactment similar a “fake circuit guide,” she told her alma mater’s mag successful 2024.

“I told him I would instrumentality him around,” Jones said, “because helium was cute.”