Richard Merrill Cohen (February 14, 1948 – December 24, 2024)[1] was an American journalist, television producer, and author.
[2][3] He was a former senior producer for CBS News and CNN, and he occasionally wrote columns for the "Health and Fitness" section of The New York Times.
[6] Cohen, who was legally blind,[7] wrote an autobiography titled, Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir.
[10] Jewish website 18 Doors noted that Vieira described Cohen as "a cultural Jew, but not an observant one," though they would celebrate holidays like Passover.
[11] Cohen died from respiratory failure at a hospital in Sleepy Hollow, New York, on December 24, 2024, after battling pneumonia for two months.