When he was 25, he learned that he had multiple sclerosis. He coped with the disease throughout a long career at several networks, recalled in a best-selling memoir.

Award-winning journalist Richard Cohen, former "Today" host Meredith Vieira's husband, died on Christmas Eve at 76 after battling MS for decades.

The ladies of The View are rallying around OG co-host Meredith Vieira amid the loss of her husband Richard Cohen, who died on Christmas Eve following a years-long battle with multiple sclerosis. Host Joy Behar took some time out of this morning’s episode of The View to pay tribute to Cohen.