Today cohost Sheinelle Jones reflected on the months leading up to her husband Uche Ojeh's May 2025 death one year later, and she said there's one emotional request she made during that time that caused some tension.
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"My mom's dad died when she was 15 months old, and she had this fantasy her entire life that he had left her some letter somewhere that might arrive in the mail, and I sort of had that fantasy for my dad as well," said Anderson Cooper on the CNN Podcast All There Is with Anderson Cooper while asking about how Jones' family prepared for Ojeh's death.
"I tried. I tried," said a clearly emotional Jones. "It was the only time things got a little... because if I say, hey, I think you should write something for the kids, that means that I think you're not gonna make it."
But Jones still persisted, suggesting that Ojeh write something for his kids "Then, at our daughter's wedding, we'll read it, and we'll show that you're still here," she said. "I think for him to write it would have been accepting that, maybe, it wasn't going to go that way, his way, and I don't think he was willing to do that."
Sheinelle Jones and her kids, Kayin, Clara and UcheGetty
Eventually, Ojeh came around to the idea. "By the time he was like, 'Okay maybe,' I think it was probably too late."
However, Sheinelle took it into her own hands to make sure her three kids, Kayin and twins Clara and Uche Jr., had memories of their father preserved for the future.
"Towards the end, I started videotaping everything, whereas before I didn’t," she explained. The journalist said she recorded her husband looking "proud" while watching his son play instruments or his daughter performing in theater productions like Matilda.
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"I have so much that I haven't given them yet because I think it's like in doses," she shared. "I can only handle so much, so I know that they can only handle so much."
Ojeh, who had been with Jones for nearly 20 years, died in May 2025 at age 45 following a battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. The heartbreaking news was announced on the Today show by Jones’ co-hosts.
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