Inside Meredith Vieira's 38-year marriage to Richard Cohen after he dies age 76 Today anchor Meredith Viera sadly lost her husband of almost 39 years, Richard Cohen, following his death at the age of 76 two weeks ago.
Meredith, 71, first met Richard back in 1983 and the pair were married three years later in June 1986, but she once admitted that they only said 'I do' because they wanted to start a family.
The pair are pictured here in December 2008] She then revealed: 'I don't think we would have gotten married, to be honest with you, except we wanted children and we decided we wanted to be married when we had children.
Meredith and Richard, seen here in January 2012, first met one another way back in 1983.
When Hoda, 60, asked her if she knew straight away that she wanted to marry Richard, Meredith joked: 'No, I still have so many doubts!'.
