When Katie Couric's husband Jay Monahan died of colon cancer at age 42, the loss was agonizing. More than two decades later, she still gets tears in her eyes when she talks about him.

Katie Couric marked what would have been her 36th wedding anniversary with her late husband Jay Monahan by sharing an emotional post on Instagram. She also thanked her husband, John Molner, for ...

Katie Couric, who also lost her sister to pancreatic cancer, ... “Jay Monahan. January 9, 1956-January 24, 1998,” she captioned the post. “Twenty years ago today.

Katie Couric Explains How First Husband Jay Monahan's Death Gave Her 'a Higher Sense of Purpose' Twenty years later, Couric still credits the death of her first husband as having a profound effect ...

Katie Couric and her late husband Jay Monahan at a ‘Today Show’ party in 1994. (Sonia Moskowitz/Shutterstock) Jay was born in Manhasset, Long Island on January 9, 1956 to Carol and John P ...

Katie Couric and husband Jay Monahan were married for nine years before his untimely passing. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images. In her upcoming memoir "Going There," which will be released ...

Katie Couric's husband Jay Monahan died in 1998 of colon cancer Katie Couric is sharing more details from daughter Ellie Monahan's wedding over the weekend. Ellie, 29, wed now-husband Mark at a ...

In her caption, Couric shared that her newborn grandson was named after her first husband, Jay Monahan, who died in 1998 at age 42 from colon cancer. Couric and Monahan married in 1989 and ...

Katie Couric married her first husband John Paul "Jay" Monahan in 1989. Katie met Jay when she was a correspondent for Today and he was lawyer in Washington, D.C.

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 ...

In a candid interview with People magazine, former TODAY co-anchor Katie Couric opened up about how she coped with the passing of her husband Jay Monahan in 1998.. Monahan passed away from colon ...