The “Right now” present introduced that Sheinelle Jones had suffered a tragic loss with the dying of her husband, Uche Ojey. “With profound unhappiness, we share this morning that Uche Ojeh, the husband of our good friend and TODAY co-host Sheinelle Jones, has handed away after a brave battle with an aggressive type of mind most cancers known as glioblastoma,” Savannah Guthrie mentioned on-air on Might 23, 2025. The couple had been married since September 2007, and the announcement got here after Jones’s prolonged absence from the present.

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Viewers had questioned the place she had been after she had not appeared on “Right now” since December 18, and Jones provided an replace on Instagram on January 15. On the time, the small print had been scarce, as she mentioned, “I am taking time to take care of a household well being matter.” Sadly, the worst end result got here from that.

Jones gave one other temporary replace on Instagram after her husband’s dying. The TV character posted the “Right now” phase about Ojeh and added, “Thanks, for your entire love and assist,” within the caption. As they’d previously, “Right now” present hosts rallied after the dying of their co-host’s husband. “Sheinelle, my dearest, we love you and the children with all of our hearts. I marvel at your energy,” Guthrie wrote within the remark part. Tamron Corridor was additionally among the many fellow TV personalities to supply condolences. “Sheinelle our prayers and love are with you and your loved ones,” she replied. previous posts from Jones about Ojeh exhibits how shut the couple had been.

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Particulars concerning the “Right now” present forged member’s marriage to Uche Ojeh make the loss much more heartbreaking. Sheinelle Jones shared a cute anecdote on-air in January 2024 when she revealed that previous to getting married, she nonetheless stored some childlike habits. “After I acquired married, I had Lily Debbie Allen — she’s my Cabbage Patch — on my mattress,” Jones informed Hoda Kotb whereas filling in for Jenna Bush Hager on “Right now with Hoda and Jenna” [via People]. In actual fact, Jones needed to be informed to maneuver the Cabbage Patch doll. “And grandma mentioned I needed to do away with the Cabbage Patch,” she added.

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Jones was very happy to swap out the doll for Ojeh, and on their sixteenth wedding ceremony anniversary, she gushed over him whereas describing how the couple fell in love in Philadelphia, the identical metropolis she was born in, and visited usually after transferring away as a child. “I by no means imagined I would find yourself having among the greatest years of my life and profession there, getting married in Philly,” she wrote in an Instagram carousel of pictures from their wedding ceremony day.

Earlier that 12 months, Jones posted a candy birthday tribute to Ojeh together with an Instagram slideshow that recapped their relationship. The final photograph was a pic of her husband planting a kiss on her cheek. “We’re simply getting began. Blissful Birthday,” Jones wrote over the snap in February 2023. After his passing, followers flooded the remark part with condolences. “My coronary heart hurts for you and your loved ones,” one wrote, including, “might the one you love husband relaxation in peace.”

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