Craig Melvin Remembers Late Friend Uche Ojeh, Sheinelle Jones' Husband

Published: May 23, 2025

Craig Melvin, co-host of the Today show, paid tribute to his late friend Uche Ojeh, who passed away at the age of 45 due to brain cancer.

Ojeh, the husband of Sheinelle Jones, was remembered by Melvin as a devoted father who loved his children more than anything.

“The last time we played golf together last fall, we had a number of conversations about just life in general,” Melvin recalled. “And one thing he always talked about, he talked about those kids. He loved those kids more than anything else in this world and was just so proud. He was that dad that was on the sidelines of all the soccer games. He was at all the concerts and the recitals. He was that guy.”

Melvin also praised Jones' strength and resilience during this difficult time, saying, “What has been remarkable, also, is watching the way with which she has dealt with this. Dealing with a husband who’s battling cancer and three young children that she has had to rear by herself for a while now, essentially. It’s just, it really is remarkable.”

The Today show co-hosts, including Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Carson Daly, Dylan Dreyer, and Jenna Bush Hager, commended Jones for putting on a brave face despite the challenges she faced.

“We all know Sheinelle, she’s always smiling,” Dreyer noted. “She’s just the bright light when she walks into the room. Even through this, she relied on her faith, she relied on her friends. I think back to COVID when they, as a family, were in South Carolina together. They had this special time of their life to just all be together because that was the most important thing to each and every one of them.”

Bush Hager added: “And she has her humor. I mean, we all know that. There’s nobody funnier than Sheinelly. That humor, she’s found the grace in the grief, which is not easy. But I know we all, when we’ve spoken to her, have just been completely inspired.”

Ojeh first met Jones at Northwestern University in the late '90s, and the two eventually got married in 2007 and had three children together.

Read more about Sheinelle Jones and her late husband Uche Ojeh's beautiful love story and how they coped with Ojeh's brain cancer diagnosis.

Also, check out Sheinelle Jones' family album, remembering her late husband Uche Ojeh and their three kids.

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