Richard M. Cohen Biography – Richard M. Cohen Wiki
Richard M Cohen born Richard Merrill Cohen is an American journalist, television producer, and author. He is a former senior producer for CBS News and CNN. He is also known for being the husband of Meredith Vieira. Vieira is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. She is best known as the original moderator of the daytime talk show The View (1997–2006), the original host of the syndicated daytime version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002–2013), and as co-host of the NBC morning news program Today (2006–2011). His wife currently hosts the syndicated weekday game show 25 Words or Less.
His wife has also been a contributor to Dateline NBC, Rock Center with Brian Williams, and NBC Nightly News, and hosted the Lifetime television series Intimate Portrait (1994–2005). From 2014 to 2016, she hosted her own syndicated daytime talk show, The Meredith Vieira Show.
Cohen is the recipient of several honors in journalism. He is a three-time Emmy award-winning CBS News journalist. He is a former senior producer for CBS News and CNN, and he occasionally writes columns for the “Health and Fitness” section of The New York Times. Cohen, who is legally blind, has written an autobiography titled, Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir.
Richard M. Cohen Age
He was born on February 14, 1948, in Plainview, New York, United States.
Richard M. Cohen Wife
He married television personality Meredith Vieira (NBC News Special Correspondent and former co-anchor of NBC’s Today Show) on June 14, 1986. They live in Irvington, Westchester County, New York, and have three children.
Richard M. Cohen Children
He has three children. They are Benjamin Edwin Cohen, Lily Max Cohen, and Gabriel Anthony Cohen. Their middle child, Gabe Cohen, was a reporter at KHQ-TV in Spokane, Washington, and is now a reporter at KOMO-TV in Seattle, Washington.
Richard M. Cohen Parents
He is the son of Teresa (Beitzer) and Benjamin Cohen, a doctor. He has had multiple sclerosis since he was 25 years old. He has also had two bouts of colon cancer, one in 1999 and one in 2000.
