Richard M. Cohen
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| Born | Richard Merrill Cohen February 14, 1948 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | December 24, 2024 (aged 76) Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S. |
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| Children | 3 |
Richard Merrill Cohen (February 14, 1948 – December 24, 2024)[1] was an American journalist, television producer, and author. He was a senior producer for CBS News and CNN.
Career
[edit]Cohen was the recipient of several honors in journalism. He was a three-time Emmy award-winning CBS News journalist.[2][3]
He was a former senior producer for CBS News and CNN, and he occasionally wrote columns for the "Health and Fitness" section of The New York Times.
Biography
[edit]Cohen was born in New York City on February 14, 1948, the son of Teresa (Beitzer) and Benjamin Cohen, a doctor.[4][5] He had multiple sclerosis since he was 25 years old in 1973. He also had two bouts of colon cancer, one in 1999 and one in 2000.[6]
Cohen, who was legally blind,[7] wrote an autobiography titled, Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir.[8]
Cohen married television personality Meredith Vieira (NBC News Special Correspondent and former co-anchor of NBC's Today Show) on June 14, 1986. They lived in Irvington, Westchester County, New York and had three children. Their middle child, Gabe Cohen, was a reporter at KHQ-TV in Spokane, Washington[9] and at KOMO-TV in Seattle, Washington and is now a reporter for CNN based out of their Washington, D.C. bureau.[10]
Jewish website 18 Doors noted that Vieira described Cohen as "a cultural Jew, but not an observant one," though they would celebrate holidays like Passover.[11]
Cohen died from respiratory failure at a hospital in Sleepy Hollow, New York, on December 24, 2024, after battling pneumonia for two months.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Richard M. Cohen at IMDb
- ^ Richard Cohen (February 22, 2004). "Larry King Live transcript". Larry King: Live (Interview). Interviewed by Larry King. CNN. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Meredith Vieira Today". iVillage. June 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ a b Sandomir, Richard (January 9, 2025). "Richard M. Cohen, News Producer Who Wrote of a Health Challenge, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ "Cohen, Benjamin MD". Hartford Courant. February 24, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- ^ Judith Newman (2002). "Meredith Vieira: A Look Back". The Ladies' Home Journal. Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
- ^ "TV's Meredith Viera, Husband Cope With Illness". ABC News 20/20 website. January 30, 2004. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- ^ Cohen, Richard M. (2004). Blindsided: A Reluctant Memoir. HarperCollins Publishers.
- ^ "Gabe Cohen: Meet the KHQ Local News Team". KHQ-TV.
- ^ "Meredith Vieira Is Moved to Tears After Mystery Guest Delivers Mother's Day Surprise—Watch the Emotional Clip". EOnline.com. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "Meredith Vieira: The New Talk Show Host on Her Interfaith Family". 18Doors.
Published works
[edit]- Cohen, Richard M. (2004). Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0060014094.
- Cohen, Richard M. (2008). Strong At The Broken Places. Harper. ISBN 978-0060763114.
- Cohen, Richard M. (2012). I Want to Kill the Dog. Blue Rider Press. ISBN 978-0399162039.
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