‘Today’ Cohost Sheinelle Jones' Husband Uche Ojeh Dies After Battling Brain Cancer

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00:00With profound sadness, we share this morning that Uche Oje, the husband of our dear friend

00:06and Today co-host Chanel Jones, has passed away.

00:08Today co-host Chanel Jones' husband, Uche Oje, has passed away after his battle with brain cancer.

00:16The Today co-host, who has been absent from the morning show in recent months,

00:20lost her husband Uche Oje after a battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

00:27Savannah Guthrie and her Today co-host share the heartbreaking news during the May 23rd broadcast.

00:34With profound sadness, we share this morning that Uche Oje, the husband of our dear friend

00:40and Today co-host Chanel Jones, has passed away after a courageous battle with an aggressive

00:45form of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

00:48There are no words for the pain that we feel for Chanel and their three young children.

00:53Uche was an incredible person.

00:56We all loved him.

00:58The couple tied the knot in 2007 and our parents to 15-year-old Kyan and 12-year-old twins,

01:04Clara and Uche.

01:06Shortly after the announcement, Chanel re-shares a clip of the emotional Today Show moment to

01:12her Instagram and writes in the caption,

01:14The Today Show team reflects on their memories with Uche and shares their condolences to Chanel

01:23and her family.

01:24Well, we just want to say Chanel, Kyan, Lil Uche and Clara and the OJ family, we are with

01:31you.

01:32We love you.

01:33You are our family.

01:34Yes.

01:35We are just sending all of our love to you right now.

01:38You were really good friends with Uche.

01:39Yeah.

01:40You know, the last time we played golf together last fall, we had a number of conversations

01:45about, you know, just life in general.

01:48And one thing he always talked about, he talked about those kids.

01:51He loved those kids more than anything else in this world and was just so proud of his kids.

01:59He was that dad that was on the sideline at every soccer game.

02:03He was at all the concerts and the recitals.

02:06He was that guy.

02:09He was at all the stars.

02:12Yeah.

02:20He was at all.

02:22He was at all.

02:31He was at all.

02:34He was at all.

02:35He was at all person.

02:35And, he recogniby.

02:36He was at all.

02:37I think so.