Overview
- She confirms a timeline of Stage 3 colon cancer in 2016, a brief cancer-free period in 2018, and a return to Stage 4 by the end of that year.
- She describes his symptoms as sudden and says she learned of them only after he had already seen a doctor twice.
- She explains he continued working through treatment because he did not want his work to suffer if people knew he was sick.
- She says she still does not know his family medical history, leaving questions about hereditary risk unanswered.
- The interview aired March 20 on NBC’s TODAY with Craig Melvin, and notes he died in August 2020 at age 43.