Bryant Gumbel joined NBC's Today show as a co-host alongside Jane Pauley in 1982, and later with Katie Couric and Deborah Norville. The legendary broadcaster reportedly rushed to the hospital on October 20 after suffering a "medical emergency" at his Manhattan apartment, as per TMZ.
As per the media outlet, Bryant exited his apartment building on a gurney and was taken to the hospital, where he is still getting treatment as of October 21 afternoon.
A family member of Gumbel reportedly told TMZ that Gumbel is "okay." Although there is no further information on Bryant's medical condition, or what he is being treated for. Gumbel retired from broadcasting in 2023 and had previously battled lung cancer in 2009.
More about Bryant Gumbel's career
Bryant Gumbel began his broadcasting career in 1972 when he became a sportscaster for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles. Gumbel began appearing on NBC Sports telecasts in the fall of 1975 and also co-hosted its National Football League pre-game show, Grandstand.
In 1982, Gumbel began working as an anchor for NBC's Today show alongside Jane Pauley and Katie Couric and ended his 15-year career at Today in 1997 before joining CBS as a broadcaster. At CBS, he hosted a new prime-time news-magazine called Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel. His episode, The Reckoning, won a Peabody Award in 1998.
After Public Eye was cancelled just after one season, Gumbel went on to host several other CBS shows before becoming co-host of the network's morning show, The Early Show, in November 1999. He left The Early Show in May 2002.
Recently, he had been hosting HBO's acclaimed investigative series, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. Gumbel was known for his strong remarks, including in February 2006, when he commented on the lack of Black athletes participating in the Winter Olympics.
In August 2006, he also made controversial remarks about former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Players' Union president Gene Upshaw. In October 2011, Gumbel criticized NBA Commissioner David Stern over the league's lockout. In a 2015 Rolling Stone article, Gumbel called the NRA "pigs" and claimed that they "don't care about human life." He also called them "a curse upon the American landscape."
Gumbel has also made appearances in several films and TV shows, including The Weather Man, Seinfeld, and The Nanny. He has won several awards for his broadcasting career, including four Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, three NAACP Image Awards, the Martin Luther King Award, and several others.