Savannah Guthrie is grateful for her TODAY family. On March 8, Savannah shared a photo of a beaming Craig Melvin posing in Arizona with her mother, Nancy Guthrie. “This is a @craigmelvinnbc appreciation post,” Savannah wrote. “This lovely human took time out on his busy visit to my hometown of Tucson, AZ to visit my mom and give her a hug.” “This is friendship and love in action,” she added. Craig’s older brother, Lawrence Meadows, died at age 43 from colon cancer in 2020.
Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed in the U.S. and the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in American men and women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It disproportionately affects the Black community; the American Cancer Society notes that Black people about 20% more likely to get colorectal cancer and about 40% more likely to die from it than most other groups.