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- Sheinelle Jones’ husband Uche Ojeh has died at age 45 from Glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer
- Jones’ Today show co-hosts shared the news on the Friday, May 23 broadcast as they sent love to their colleague and her family
- Jones and Ojeh were married for 18 years and share three kids: Kayin, 15, and 12-year-old twins Clara and Uche
Sheinelle Jones’ late husband Uche Ojeh relied on his faith after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
On the Today show on Friday, May 23, Savannah Guthrie was joined by her co-hosts Craig Melvin, Al Roker, Carson Daly, Dylan Dreyer and Jenna Bush Hager as she revealed that Jones’ husband Uche had died after a “courageous battle” with Glioblastoma. He was 45.
As the co-hosts reflected on how Jones, 47, has been navigating her husband’s cancer diagnosis — they share three kids, Kayin, 15, and twins Clara and Uche, 12 — Guthrie, 53, revealed how Ojeh’s faith steadied him.
“Uche had a beautiful, deep, abiding faith every single day of this fight and you could see it in his eyes. He was an extraordinary person,” she said. “And we love him and we love you, Sheinelle.”
Guthrie felt that Ojeh would “want people to know how much his faith” had helped him amid his cancer diagnosis, and Daly agreed.
“They have such good faith,” he said, as he reflected on how faith has helped him after losing his father when he was 5.
“I’ve been praying for years to my father since he died, I say, ‘I know you’re watching over me. I’m okay. It’s okay. You’re home where you’re supposed to be with your heavenly father. And I’m thriving here and it’s okay,’ trying to take that burden off my father.”
Dreyer said that Daly’s experience is a “good message for kids, because this is not easy for children, as well.”
Guthrie, who also lost her dad when she was young, added, “You can survive the loss of your father as young people, as we did.”
“And thrive,” Melvin added.
“Listen, Uche has so many friend, college friends, friends from their time in Philadelphia, those friends have surrounded the family during this time,” Guthrie continued. “Sheinelle is a warrior and Uche was a warrior. She has risen to the occasion and then some.”
“We’re with you, we love you,” said Melvin.
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After her colleagues announced the news of Ojeh’s death, Jones took to social media and shared the clip from Today on her Instagram, writing alongside it, “Thank you, for all of your love and support ❤️.”
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