Katie Couric Says She Regrets Not Helping Her Husband Accept Death And She Wants You To Get Screened

Katie Couric Says She Regrets Not Helping Her Husband Accept Death And She Wants You To Get Screened

Katie Couric’s first husband, Jay Monahan, was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic colon cancer in 1997. He was 41 years old. He died nine months later on January 24, 1998, at 42. Their daughters were two and six at the time. Couric was 40 and a co-host of TODAY, one of the most watched morning programs in the country. In the nearly three decades since, she has turned that loss into one of the most sustained public health advocacy campaigns in Am…