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Uche Ojeh, Today anchor Sheinelle Jones‘ husband of 17 years, has passed away after a battle with brain cancer. He was 45.
Jones’ Today co-anchors gathered together on the show Friday (May 23) to announce the news.
“With profound sadness, we share this morning that Uche Ojeh, the husband of our friend and TODAY co-host Sheinelle Jones, has passed away after a courageous battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma,” Savannah Guthrie announced on the show.
She continued, “There are no words for the pain we feel for Sheinelle and their three young children. Uche was an incredible person. We all loved him. And so we want to take a moment to tell you more about the remarkable man who was Sheinelle’s perfect partner in life.”
Jones shared a clip of the touching moment on her social media, writing, “Thank you, for all of your love and support.”
According to Today.com, the couple met as students at Northwestern University when Jones, then an 18-year-old freshman, gave him a tour around the campus. They later married in 2007.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Ojeh was a consultant at UAO Consulting for over 10 years.
Jones has been on a leave of absence from the show since January. She announced on social media that she would be “taking time to deal with a family health matter.”
On Today, Craig Melvin praised Ojeh and shared that he had played golf with Ojeh last fall.
“We had a number of conversations about just life in general,” Melvin recounted on the show. “And one thing he always talked about, he talked about those kids. He loved those kids more than anything else in this world, and was just so proud. He was that dad that was on the sideline every soccer game. He was at all the concerts and the recitals.”
“He was that guy, and they had such a beautiful love story,” he continued.
Ojeh is survived by Jones and their three children, Kayin, Uche, and Clara.
