"I think it takes extraordinary courage to be able to face death, and I think I was too scared, honestly," Couric tells PEOPLE about her first husband Jay Monahan's death When Katie Couric's ...

Twenty years later, Katie Couric says the death of her first husband had a profound effect on her daily life. Couric and attorney Jay Monahan married in 1989, the same year Couric became a ...

So, now every time I see Baby Jay, I think of my Jay and Ellie and Carrie's Jay." Couric wed Monahan in 1989, and the two welcomed their daughters, Ellie and Carrie , in 1991 and 1996, respectively.

When Katie Couric's husband, Jay Monahan, was diagnosed with colon cancer at 41 years old, it came as a complete shock. By the time he was diagnosed, the cancer was stage 4. He died nine months ...

Katie Couric/Instagram ... her 13-month-old grandson Jay, whom her daughter Ellie welcomed with husband Mark Dobrosky in March 2024. During the conversation, Couric, whose grandson's name already ...

Katie Couric is committed to raising awareness ... The former Today anchor lost her first husband, Jay Monahan, to colon cancer in 1998, when he was just 42 years old. In the decades since ...

Katie Couric with her grandson.