Sheinelle Jones Thanks 'Today' Show Team for Their Support After Husband's Death

In 2014, national viewers were first introduced to Sheinelle Jones on Weekend Today. After working in news stations in Tulsa and Philadelphia, the journalist became a co-anchor for the weekend edition of the morning show. In the years since, Sheinelle has become an irreplaceable member of the Today family, and she's now the host of the third hour of the show each weekday.

Sheinelle hasn't gotten where she is today alone. She often credits her supportive tribe of family and friends for helping her along the way. One significant person in her corner is her husband.

Who is Sheinelle Jones' husband, you ask? Well, she married Uche Ojeh in 2007, which gave them the second-longest marriage out of the anchors (Al Roker has been married since 1995). Read on to learn more about him, including his tragic death in May 2025.

The Philadelphia native and Today co-host was married to Uche Ojeh from 2007 until his death in May 2025. The two both attended Northwestern University, but they actually met when Sheinelle was a freshman at the school, and Uche was still a high school student.

"I was actually his tour guide, I'm ashamed," she said on Today in 2016, while laughing. "I remember that it was a visitation day at Northwestern, and his dad was driving around and they were lost." After the pair asked her for directions to specific dorm, she got to talking to Uche.

She then told Uche's dad that she would give him a tour around the school, and to leave him with her.

"And then we started dating," she finished.

In the years since their fateful college meeting, the two welcomed three kids together: son Karin, and twins Uche and Clara Josephine.

In a heartbreaking development, Uche passed away in May 2025 following a diagnosis of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. His death was confirmed by Sheinelle's co-hosts — Savannah Guthrie, Craig Melvin, Al Roker, Carson Daly, Dylan Dreyer, and Jenna Bush Hager — during the May 23 episode of Today.

He was only 45 years old.

"There are no words for the pain that we feel for Sheinelle and their three young children," Savannah Guthrie said during the tribute to Uche. "Uche was an incredible person. We all loved him. ... We just want to say Sheinelle, Kayin, Uche, and Clara, and the Ojeh family: We are with you, we love you. You are our family, and we're just sending all of our love to you right now."

Craig, who was close friends with Uche, added, "He loved those kids more than anything else in this world, and was just so proud. He was that dad that was on the sideline of every soccer game. He was at all of the concerts and the recitals. He was that guy."

Our thoughts are with Sheinelle and her family during this incredibly painful time.