MICHAEL Marion, the husband of Today Show fashion editor Bobbie Thomas, has died at the age of 42.
Marion had suffered a stroke in April of 2019.
Michael Marion was born and raised in Bethesda, Maryland.
He studied at the George Washington School of Law and the New York University School of Law and was a was a partner in the Tax Transactions group at Mayer Brown LLP, according to his obituary.
“Beloved by his many friends, colleagues, and extended family, he had a smile that lit up every room he entered,” hit obituary read.
Marion married Bobbie Thomas of NBC’s Today Show in 2013 at the home of Kathie Lee Gifford.
Private burial took place on December 6, 2020.
Bobbie wrote after his death: “Nothing is normal. Maybe nothing will ever be normal again.
“For me, it won’t. My husband is gone. With all the fear, anger, and division going on in the world right now, it’s so easy to get upset about the lack of normalcy. “
Marion passed away on Dec. 1, “after a heroic struggle,” according to the obituary.
He was 40 when he suffered an Ischaemic Stroke – caused by a blockage in an artery that supplies blood to the brain.
The stroke left him wheelchair bound.
Bobbie previously said they were taking things “day by day.”
“We celebrate every little victory,” she said.
“It’s hard to appreciate those small things if we look ahead.
“In a weird way, I would never want this to happen to anybody, but there has been so many gifts that have come along with having to reprioritize, and there’s a bond we have that’s unbreakable.”
The pair have a five-year-old son, Miles.
He was conceived via IVF after Bobbie’s struggle with infertility.
