Al Roker was nowhere to be seen on Tuesday's episode of the Today show following the heartbreaking news his ex-wife Alice Bell had died at the age of 77

NDZ/Star Max/GC Images Al Roker returned to starting his mornings on Today following the death of his ex-wife, Alice Bell. After skipping the NBC morning show's Tuesday, February 11, episode, Roker, 70,

Al Roker’s eldest child, Courtney Roker Laga, announced the death of her mother, Alice Bell, on Monday0. Courtney, 37, took to Instagram to share the news that her mother had passed away. She included a series of photos of her and her mom through the years.

Alice Bell, ex-wife of “Today” show weathercaster and morning TV staple Al Roker, has died. She was 77. Her death was announced by their daughter, Courtney Roker Laga, 37, via Instagram on Monday.

Alice Bell, who was once married to Al Roker for 10 years, has died at the age of 77. The news was confirmed by the former couple’s daughter, Courtney Roker Laga, whom they adopted in 1987.

Al Roker ’s ex-wife, Alice Bell, has died at the age of 77, her daughter announced via social media. “She was my mother, my heart and the most loving grandmother to Sky,” Courtney Roker Laga wrote via Instagram on Monday, February 10. “I was with her for her last breath, and I will carry her love with me always.”

Bell and Roker worked together at WNBC in the early 1980s, where she was a producer and he was the weatherman.