Gabriel, Lily and Benjamin Cohen, whom she shares with late husband Richard Cohen — are her greatest achievement, and Meredith wouldn't want it any other way. Meredith says being a mom to her kids made her appreciate everything her mother did for her as

Richard Cohen, a veteran journalist and the husband Meredith Vieira, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 76 after living more than 50 years with multiple sclerosis.

Cindy Ord/Getty Images Meredith Vieira and late husband Richard Cohen were each other's biggest supporters throughout their decades-long marriage. Cohen had already been battling multiple sclerosis for 10 years when he met Vieira in 1982 after being diagnosed with the chronic neurological disorder when he was 25 years old.