Bryant Gumbel stated that he had been suffering from serious health issues for quite some time. There was speculation that he had lung cancer. When he revealed his illness to Regis Philbin on Live with Regis and Kelly , he showed a few tumors around his lungs despite not smoking. The Hard-working employee of NBC had surgery to remove a hazardous tumor and a few parts of his lungs affected by the disease.
Bryant thanks his significant other half, Hilary, and family, for their love and support, which helped him recover quickly in the short time he had to concentrate. Bryant Gumbel started his career with Today as the program's main sports correspondent, providing twice-weekly features to the show, including a recurring series called Sportsman of the Week , which featured up-and-coming sportsmen.
During the summer of , while Brokaw was on vacation, the applicants auditioned for his position. The passionate employee of NBC was a last-minute replacement for Today co-anchor Jane Pauley in August , and he became a contender for the position by happenstance. He pleased executive producer Steve Friedman and other NBC execs so much that he rapidly rose to the top of the Today host race.
Another faction within the NBC News division felt firm that he should be replaced by another news correspondent rather than a sports reporter. In New York, Pauley would remain a co-anchor. Brokaw left Today on December 18, , and Gumbel took over on January 4, Now he is 73 years old as of Gumbel's parents were both Louisiana Creole of largely African and French ancestry. His surname is derived from his great-great-grandfather, a German-Jewish immigrant from Albisheim.
Talented student attended and graduated from Chicago's De La Salle Institute while growing up on the city's South Side; his family had relocated north when he was a kid. June met her husband Bryant in their teenage years back in the late 60s. They first encountered each other in Chicago, where they both had relatives.
On the other hand, June would occasionally visit him from Louisiana. They bought their first house in Woodland Hills, Calif.
The daughter of June and Bryant also enrolled at the University of Colorado Boulder for two years before dropping out. She married William Russell Robins in , and together, they are the parents of two boys.
He then dropped out of Manhattanville and worked as an event planner for a media company. Unlike his celebrity father, the six-foot-five Bradley Gumbel has maintained a moderate life. Gumbel Jr is also a former Columbia Prep basketball star.
According to court documents, a woman, age upwards of 30 had been robbed of her purse and pushed to the ground. The unidentified thug then ran from her sight. When she reported the characteristics of the perpetrator as a tall black guy, the police went on to confront Gumbel Jr who happened to be on the same vicinage that night. Brad was rather arrested for an alleged DUI. When they approached the vehicle, cops said Gumbel was sleeping and reeked of booze.
His blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit for DUI. Brad also breached the law for driving with a suspended license. After almost three decades of being together, the couple legally separated in The former flight attendant revealed June 28, , was the last time Gumbel had spent a night under the same roof with her. In fact, as per some sources, June had threatened to leave the Emmy-winning reporter in As per June, she spent her 50th birthday alone as well as their 24th, 25th, and 26th anniversaries.
June had found the letters all explaining his womanizing activities. Additionally, photographs of her husband stepping out on the town with various women had been magazine fodder for years.
June had also caught him talking to his girlfriend. He never did. Baranco could have left, but her religious convictions and "high tolerance" for emotional abuse made her stay. She also believed a divorce could ruin his career, so she always prayed to have a healthy relationship and loving family. Bryant Gumbel and June Baranco's romance ended for good in June when he left her with little-to-no explanation to focus on his new girlfriend and current wife , Hilary Quinlan.
More on her later. She added :. I love my husband very much. I still do now. He shot me through the heart! This man apparently doesn't care if I eat or not. She admitted she felt "entitled" to buy something to make her feel good about herself after spending her 50th birthday and their 24th, 25th, and 26th anniversaries alone.
June Baranco was also devastated by the fact that the man she spent half of her life with could hurt her and their children so "deeply" and publicly. But the worst was yet to come as Gumbel requested equal access to the family's Westchester home. Bryant Gumbel's ex-wife couldn't bear the idea of having Quinlan sleeping in her bed, using her bathtub, or stepping foot into the house that had her "soul. Baranco pointed out that an art studio and the last memories of her children and late father were also in that house, and thinking that Gumbel could "desecrate" her home for spite was "appalling.
In August , after a four-year legal battle, June Baranco and Bryant Gumbel's divorce became final. It was a relatively private affair with just over 20 guests, including his then-best friend, Matt Lauer.
One of the most shocking aspects of the ceremony was that Gumbel's best man was Bradley, his son with Baranco.
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