AL Roker’s ex-wife Alice Bell has died at 77, their daughter announced in a heartbreaking post.
Bell and Roker’s daughter, Courtney Roker Laga, shared a heartbreaking tribute to her mom on Instagram on Monday night.
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Al, 70, was married to Alice Bell from 1984 to 1994.
The couple adopted Courtney, now a chef and a mom to her daughter Sky, in 1987.
“She was my mother, my heart, and the most loving grandmother to Sky,” Courtney wrote on Instagram about Bell.
“I was with her for her last breath, and I will carry her love with me always.”
The Today meteorologist was absent from Tuesday morning’s show and NBC meteorologist Dylan Dreyer filled in for him.
Al was on the show yesterday. It’s unclear if today’s absence is related to Bell’s death.
Al hasn’t posted on social media about his ex wife’s death.
Condolences have poured in under Courtney’s emotional post.
“Sending our love,” former NBC News anchor Tamron Hall commented.
“I’m so very sorry for your loss, it truly is a privilege to be there for a loved one’s last moment,” another person wrote.
A third shared, “Your Mom will be with you always. My thoughts and prayers to you and your family.”
Al’s wife and Courtney’s stepmom, Deborah Roberts, liked the post.
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Al and Roberts got married in 1995 after his divorce from Bell in 1994.
According to their wedding announcement in the New York Times, Al and Bell worked together before they were married.
She was my mother, my heart, and the most loving grandmother to Sky. I was with her for her last breath, and I will carry her love with me always.”
Courtney Roker Laga
Bell worked as the operations producer for WNBC-TV’s Live at Five news program at the time of their marriage.
Al was already the WNBC-TV weatherman at the time.
He’s been on the show for 28 years.
SKY’S GRANDMA
The former couple became grandparents to Courtney’s daughter in July 2023.
Bell largely stayed out of the public eye, but in May 2022, Courtney posted a Mother’s Day message on Instagram celebrating her.
“Happy Mother’s Day to the three most important women in my life,” Courtney wrote at the time.
“My mom Alice, my stepmother Deborah and my mother in law Barbara.”
Courtney married Wesley Laga in 2021.
While Al only had Courtney with his ex-wife, he has a son and daughter with Roberts.
Bell’s cause of death isn’t known at this time.
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