By Ellise Shafer
27.03.2020 - 19:13 / hollywoodreporter.com
Hoda Kotb needed a moment Friday after she began to cry on air following a Today interview with Saints quarterback Drew Brees about the $5 million he is donating to New Orleans to combat the coronavirus. The NBC morning show host has deep roots in New Orleans, and the worldwide pandemic has especially ravaged the Crescent City.
After telling Brees she loved him for his generosity and knew it would inspire others, she began to weep. "I'm sorry," she said, not being able to go on.
By Ellise Shafer
NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans are two of CBS' most bankable and durable properties; since 2009 and 2014, respectively, the action-oriented spinoffs of the flagship series, NCIS, have been depicting men and women of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigating some of the world's most dangerous criminals. As of April 2o2o NCIS: Los Angeles is winding down Season 11 while NCIS: New Orleans is on the cusp of finishing Season 6.
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Ellis Marsalis, the New Orleans jazz pianist and patriarch of an accomplished family of musicians, has died. The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music confirmed his death to NBC News. Branford Marsalis said his father died of COVID-19 complications. He was 85.
Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85.
American pianist Ellis Marsalis has passed away at the age of 85 after contracting COVID-19. The father of renowned musicians, Wynton and Branford Marsalis was suffering from pneumonia, caused by Coronavirus, one of his sons told the Associated Press. “Pneumonia was the actual thing that caused his demise," Ellis Marsalis III said. "But it was pneumonia brought on by COVID-19," he added.
NEW ORLEANS — Ellis Marsalis, the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85.
NEW ORLEANS -- Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85.
Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85.
NEW ORLEANS -- There were the great fires of 1788 and 1794 and the multiple yellow fever outbreaks of the 1800s. Hurricane Betsy hit in 1965, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the memories linger in New Orleans like remnants of a bad dream.
Hoda Kotb was moved to tears while discussing the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic with New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees on Friday. The "Today" host interviewed Brees live on air following the NFL star and his wife Brittany's $5 million donation to the state of Louisiana.
Hitting close to home. Hoda Kotb was moved to tears after speaking with Drew Brees about the impact of COVID-19 on their mutually beloved New Orleans.
Today host Hoda Kotb is trending worldwide on Friday after having a raw, emotional reaction to an interview she did earlier this morning.
Hoda Kotb broke down in tears this morning on Today.
The coronavirus outbreak in the United States is taking quite an emotional toll on Hoda Kotb.Hoda has been reporting on the deadly disease every morning on the Today Show, but an interview during the March 27 episode hit home for the 55-year-old. Hoda spoke with former New Orleans Saints quarter back, Drew Brees, about the $5 million donation he made to Louisiana as the spread of the virus worsens there.