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A legendary television host has been hospitalized in New York City, according to a report.<\/p>\n
Bryant Gumbel was rushed to the hospital Monday night following a \u201cmedical emergency,\u201d sources told TMZ<\/a>. The former \u201cToday\u201d show host was taken from his apartment in Manhattan on a gurney escorted by first responders, the report said.<\/p>\n Gumbel, 77, was reportedly still being treated at an NYC hospital Tuesday afternoon, but a family member told TMZ that he is \u201cokay.\u201d No details about his health issues or what type of medical emergency he suffered have been disclosed.<\/p>\n According to Page Six<\/a>, Gumbel previously spoke about being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009. He quit smoking and had a malignant tumor removed, as well as part of his lung, and underwent additional treatment.<\/p>\n Gumbel is a four-time Emmy Award winner who first rose to national fame hosting the \u201cToday\u201d show alongside Jane Pauley and Katie Couric in the 1980s and \u201890s before joining CBS in 1997. He also won a Peabody Award for hosting HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Sports with Bryant Gumbel\u201d from 1995 to 2023 before retiring, plus made cameos in movies and TV shows like \u201cSeinfeld,\u201d \u201cThe Weather Man\u201d and \u201cThe Nanny.\u201d<\/p>\n His older brother Greg Gumbel, also a TV host who worked in sports broadcasting, died in December 2024 after a battle with cancer. Greg was 78.<\/p>\n \u201cGreg approached his illness like one would expect he would, with stoicism, grace, and positivity,\u201d Greg\u2019s family said<\/a> at the time. \u201cHe leaves behind a legacy of love, inspiration and dedication to over 50 extraordinary years in the sports broadcast industry; and his iconic voice will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.syracuse.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A legendary television host has been hospitalized in New York City, according to a report. Bryant Gumbel was rushed to the hospital Monday night following a \u201cmedical emergency,\u201d sources told TMZ. The former \u201cToday\u201d show host was taken from his apartment in Manhattan on a gurney escorted by first responders, the report said. Gumbel, 77, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2107871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2107871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2107872,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107871\/revisions\/2107872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2107871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2107871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2107871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}