The legacy of Katie CouricThe late husband, Jay monahanHe lives the new member of his family.
“I think about him often. I see it to my daughters constantly, “Couric said exclusively Use weekly On Thursday, March 6, while promoting the Classic Golf Tournament by Cologuard Classic, which helps to raise awareness of colon cancer. “We named Elie’s son, Jay, after his father and deceased husband, and that was really significant. So, every time I see the baby Jay, I think of my Jay and Ellie and Carrie’s Jay.”
Couric married Monahan in 1989, and both welcomed their daughters, Ellie and CarrieIn 1991 and 1996, respectively. Monahan died at the age of 42 from colon cancer in January 1998. (Couric Later he married John Molner In 2014.)
Couric revealed that his first grandson was called Monahan (whose full name was John Paul Monahan) while announcing his birth In March 2024: “John Albert Dobrosky was born on his expiration date, Saturday March 23 Photos of Instagram Hospital of Ellie and her husband, Markrosky Markholding his newborn. “He will be called to Jay in honor of his maternal grandfather.”
Katie Couric is officially a grandmother. The 67 -year -old journalist announced through Instagram that his eldest daughter, Ellie Monahan, gave birth to his first child with husband Mark Dobrosky. “John Albert DOBROSKY was born on his expiration date, Saturday, March 23 at 8:23 AM, only shy of seven pounds,” he called a photo slide presentation at (…)
Although almost three decades have passed since Monahan’s death, Couric said Us It is still “a presence in our lives”. He added: “When Ellie is almost or she has a baby, or Carrie will put on his doctor this fall, you know, I always think about the proud that he would be of them. So we think a lot about him.”
Baby Jay’s name was something that surprised Couric. “He was pulling around Katie. We didn’t know if he had a boy or a girl,” he joked the personality of the television. “I think (Ellie) was thinking of Jay, but it was a surprise. And his name is John Albert – Albert after Mark’s grandfather and Jay after Ellie’s father. Therefore, it is a very significant and special name. And it’s very beautiful, obviously. ”
While Couric praised her daughter Ellie to be a “spectacular mother” the first Today Anchor said Us She hopes that she “does a good job as a grandmother,” she says, “they live in Los Angeles, so we rented a house for six weeks so we could spend time with him. So, I hope he can know -a little better because we are still in New York. … I thank God for Facetime because he sees me a lot in Facetime.”
In addition to having a quality time with Baby Jay, Couric will pay tribute to her husband at the Gulf Tournament of Casic Classic for exact sciences, which takes place in Tucson, Arizona, from Friday, March 7 to Sunday, March 9.
Katie Couric has some “mixed feelings” seriously to assume the role of grandmother. “I think 99 percent was” I am very excited. ”
“It’s a really wonderful event. I love to be here in Tucson. I love the exact sciences and I love the team we work with. I am so impressed by them as an organization and their values, “Couric said to attend the colorectal cancer awareness event for the third time.” I am not a great golfers, but I met with almost 300 defenders of the colon cancer who work throughout the country to attract attention to the cancer killer of the second leader of combined men and women and to make sure that the people know that they are very less (to avoid people). Avoid the disease, and people just have to be projected. “
March is the national month of awareness of colon cancer, which Couric says is the perfect time for people to be analyzed for the disease. “I always say to the people, that the colon cancer is projected may not be at the top of their task list and may feel nervous or anxious. But when compared to the diagnosis of colorectal cancer, there is no comparison at all,” he said. “And it is a relatively easy process and it can save you miles of heart ache. And so I always say, “only do”, as the Commercial Nike says, and you do, and you know this is something you can cross and not worry. “”
Couric emphasized that colorectal cancer can be “completely eradicated” if detected early. “It’s one of those things in which fate is in your hands, if you take advantage of the projection,” he said.
With reports from Mandie Decamp