“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.

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

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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