Today host Al Roker’s ex-wife Alice Bell dead at 77 as daughter Courtney says ‘I will carry her love with me always’

AL Roker’s ex-wife has died at 77, their daughter announced in a heartbreaking post.

The Today Show weatherman’s daughter, Courtney Roker Laga, shared a heartbreaking tribute to her mom on Instagram on Monday night.

Woman holding a baby.

Alice Bell with her granddaughter Sky in a picture Courtney posted to InstagramCredit: Instagram/ouichefroker
Photo of Al Roker's mother with her grandchild.

Courtney Roker Laga announced her mom’s death with an emotional tribute on InstagramCredit: Instagram/ouichefroker
Al Roker smiling on the Today Show.

Roker on the Today Show on January 16, 2024Credit: Getty

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.”

Al was absent from Tuesday morning’s show and NBC meteorologist Dylan Dreyer filled in for him.

The Today star 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 the sad news.

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 wrote.

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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.

NBC CO-WORKERS

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 LagaAl Roker’s daughter

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

Not much is known about Al and Bell’s marriage or divorce, but the former couple became grandparents to Courtney’s daughter in July 2023.

Bell stayed out of the public eye, but Courtney shared a Mother’s Day post on Instagram celebrating her in May 2022.

“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.

TODAY Show hosts

NBC’s Today show premiered in 1952 and has bidden viewers good morning every weekday since, adding Saturday and Sunday shows in the 1980s and 1990s. The show’s current host lineup includes:

Photo of Courtney Roker and Alice Bell.

Alice Bell and Courtney Roker Laga in a picture shared by CourtneyCredit: Instagram / Courtney Roker Laga
Al Roker in a suit.

Roker, who has worked on the NBC Today Show for 28 yearsCredit: The Mega Agency

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