{"id":11231,"date":"2025-10-21T21:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/11231\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T21:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:12:07","slug":"former-today-cohost-bryant-gumbel-hospitalized-after-medical-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/11231\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Today Cohost Bryant Gumbel Hospitalized After ‘Medical Emergency’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Today<\/a> cohost Bryant Gumbel has been hospitalized in New York City.<\/p>\n

TMZ<\/a>, the first to break the news on Tuesday, October 21, claimed that Gumbel had a \u201cmedical emergency.\u201d The outlet reported that Gumbel was transported from his apartment building in Manhattan to a local hospital after 9 p.m. on Monday, October 20.<\/p>\n

The former cohost reportedly remains hospitalized as of Tuesday. One of his family members told TMZ that Gumbel is \u201cOK,\u201d but did not reveal further details about his health.<\/p>\n

Gumbel began working at Today in 1982, exiting the NBC series in 1997 to work for CBS. In 2009, Gumbel revealed he had surgery to remove a malignant tumor<\/a> and part of his lung.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nothing to hide from,\u201d Gumbel shared on a 2009 episode of Live With Regis and Kelly. \u201cThey opened up my chest, they took a malignant tumor and they took part of my lung and they took some other goodies. And the pathology on most of the stuff had been benign, but enough aggressive cells had escaped the tumor that it warranted some treatment and I went through that and it\u2019s done now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next year, Gumbel shared a positive update on his health.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still doing well,\u201d he told People<\/a> at the time. \u201cDoctors tell me I\u2019m free and clear, so I hope for better times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Months before Gumbel\u2019s hospitalization, he presented Today cohost Al Roker with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 News & Documentary Emmy Awards<\/p>\n

\u201cSo very proud yet humble to receive the @theemmys.tv Lifetime Achievement Award and given to me by a dear friend, Bryant Gumbel,\u201d Roker wrote via Instagram in June, alongside photos from the event. Having my brother, @christopher_roker and his wife, @hardyroker and @nickroker155 was meaningful. And congratulations to @debrobertsabc being inducted into the Silver Circle. Thanks, @adamsharpct for a terrific night.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDedicated Today viewers can\u2019t help but think something is going down behind-the-scenes of their favorite morning show. As Hoda Kotb remains noticeably missing from NBC\u2019s programming, Savannah Guthrie left within the first hour of the Tuesday, February 28, show. \u201cWillie [Geist] joins us in for Savannah who had to leave a little early this morning,\u201d [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

Less than one year before his hospitalization, Bryant\u2019s brother and longtime CBS sportscaster, Greg Gumbel, died at age 78<\/a>. His death was confirmed in a statement from his wife, Marcy, and daughter Michelle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our beloved husband and father, Greg Gumbel,\u201d the statement read at the time. \u201cHe passed away peacefully surrounded by much love after a courageous battle with cancer. Greg approached his illness like one would expect he would, with stoicism, grace, and positivity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement continued, \u201cHe leaves behind a legacy of love, inspiration and dedication to over 50 extraordinary years in the sports broadcast industry; and his iconic voice will never be forgotten. Greg\u2019s memory will forever be treasured by his family, dearest friends, colleagues and all who loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Greg hosted The NFL Today for CBS alongside Terry Bradshaw while also leading coverage of the NCAA\u2019s March Madness tournament from 1998 to 2023. The next year, he stepped away for \u201cfamily health issues,\u201d per Entertainment Weekly.<\/p>\n

David Berson, the president of CBS Sports, also paid tribute to Greg<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has never been a finer gentleman in all of television,\u201d Berson wrote in a message, per Entertainment Weekly. \u201cHe was beloved and respected by those of us who had the honor to call him a friend and colleague. A tremendous broadcaster and gifted storyteller, Greg led one of the most remarkable and groundbreaking sports broadcasting careers of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Today cohost Bryant Gumbel has been hospitalized in New York City. TMZ, the first to break the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4022,9070,9071,191,9,12,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-11231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-breaking-news","tag-celebrity-health","tag-celebrity-health-scares","tag-celebrity-news","tag-new-york","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}