In particular, Couric lost her first husband, Jay Monahan, to cancer.
They got married in the Capital in 1989, surrounded by friends and family.
The happy couple welcomedtwo daughters: Elinor in 1991, followed by Caroline in 1996.
“The grief started there,” Couric revealed to theDeath, Sex & Moneypodcast.
The news anchor described Monahan’s illness as “excruciating.”
In 2011, she received the Making Cancer History Award (viaMD Anderson).
