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.

Richard Cohen, a journalist who was married to former “The View” co-host Meredith Vieira for 38 years, has died after living with multiple sclerosis for decades, it was announced Tuesday on “Today.”

Richard Cohen, the journalist husband of broadcaster Meredith Vieira, has died at 76, more than 50 years after an MS diagnosis. He also beat colon cancer twice.