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'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Home In Suburbs 'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Home In Suburbs
'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Home In Suburbs After more than five years as co-anchor, "Today" show fixture Hoda Kotb says she will be leaving to spend more time with her family in the suburbs. The 60-year-old Kotb announced her upcoming exit from NBC's "Today" during the show on Thursday morning, Sept. 26, saying on the show that she realized it was time "to try something new" during her 60th birthday celebration in August.  "I remembered standing outside looking at these beautiful bunch of people with these gorgeous signs, and I thought, 'This is what the top of the wave feels like for me.' And I thought it can't get better…

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by Ben Crnic
Obituaries
COVID-19: Popular, Longtime NBC News Employee Dies After Testing Positive COVID-19: Popular, Longtime NBC News Employee Dies After Testing Positive
Covid-19: Popular, Longtime NBC News Employee Dies After Testing Positive A longtime and popular employee of NBC News has died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The passing of Larry Edgeworth, 61, was announced to staffers in an email from NBC News Chairman Andy Lack on Friday, March 20. Edgeworth, who had prior health issues, worked in an equipment room at NBC News' headquarters at Rockefeller Plaza, NBC News said. He worked at the company for 25 years as an audio technician who traveled the world with network correspondents, NBC News said. He graduated from Westbury High School in Nassau County.  Currently, several members of …

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Popular Actor Contracts COVID-19; Al Roker, Craig Melvin Pulled Off NBC After Show Staffer Case Popular Actor Contracts COVID-19; Al Roker, Craig Melvin Pulled Off NBC After Show Staffer Case
Popular Actor Contracts Covid-19; Al Roker, Craig Melvin Pulled Off NBC After Show Staffer Case The novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is making its way through the movie and television industries. Days after actor Tom Hanks announced that he and wife Rita Wilson tested positive for COVID-19, “The Wire” star Idris Elba, announced that he too had contracted the virus. In a video posted on social media, the 47-year-old Golden Globe winner announced that he was the latest to test positive for novel coronavirus. “This morning I tested positive for Covid 19. I feel ok, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus,” he p…

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by Zak Failla