Sarcasm is a wonderful mechanism for flirting.” Vieira later revealed during a segment of The Meredith Vieira Show that Cohen knew he would marry her even before they formally met.

Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Richard Cohen and Meredith Vieira on November 9, 2012 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Instead, Vieira became Cohen's fiercest supporter.

Meredith Vieira is mourning the loss of her beloved husband, Richard Cohen. Cohen, a veteran journalist who was married to Vieira for 38 years, died on Christmas Eve 2024 after a long battle with ...