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• Taylor Dayne reveals her father chose not to be resuscitated and dies at home under her careTRAILER54sVERTICAL86HIGH

  Taylor Dayne says her father decided not to be resuscitated and that she arranged 24-hour care so he could pass with dignity and grace at home, calling it her duty as his daughter. She tells her mother to leave the room, calling her father the love of her life, and says she would still be the child in court calling him her hero.

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  Dayne says she would still be the child in court calling her father her hero, even after everything they went through together.

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• Harry Connick Jr. recalls calling Carnegie Hall at 10 to play for his sick motherPODCAST15m of 47m readHORIZONTAL82HIGH

  In the first 15 minutes, Harry Connick Jr. recalls putting on his mother's face cream as a young child while she lay in bed, and says she stayed frozen in time for him after she died when he was 13.

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  He says he called Carnegie Hall at age 10 to ask to play there for his sick mother, who told him she wanted people to call her Beethoven's mother once he did, and that he then avoided entering the hall for 45 years to keep a planned 2026 concert. He recalls Ellis Marsalis, his teacher, telling him at 15 to consider another vocation and quit music, while telling his father he would be fine. He tells how his mother, a New York lawyer, defeated seven men for a judgeship with 72% of the vote after rivals said she would die of cancer.

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  • Harry Connick Jr.Intervieweemusician and actor
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  Connick reveals he stayed out of Carnegie Hall for 45 years to keep a promise tied to his mother, saving the hall for a 2026 concert.

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• Seth Meyers recalls sneaking home past his dad and 56 years of his parents' marriagePODCAST15m of 55m readHORIZONTAL80HIGH

  Seth Meyers, host of Late Night, remembers his family eating dinner, playing cards and gathering for three hours of prime time television. He admits he sneaked home from a party at 12:30 and his dad woke him at 3

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  m. and called him a liar, and argues his parents were parents first and friends second. He says his parents just marked their 56th anniversary and now come across like a vaudeville act, and jokes that strangers on the street tell him he resembles someone who resembles him.

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  • Seth MeyersGuesthost of Late Night with Seth Meyers, former SNL cast member and head writeren.wikipedia.org

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  Meyers tells how his dad caught him sneaking home and answered the question of where he had been with a single word.

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• Seth Meyers recounts his son's birth on his apartment building's lobby floorREADY CLIP1mVERTICAL60FAIR

  Seth Meyers recounts his wife reaching the door on the way to the hospital, saying it was time and lying down on the lobby floor of their apartment building, where she gave birth to their son. He says the hospital was a 40 minute cab ride away, and argues the lobby is far smaller than people picture, nothing like the Plaza, and that his wife told the newborn to go to bed now.

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  He calls his daughter a headstrong little fighter who takes no guff from her two older brothers, and says his three children are three little lights he cannot get enough of.

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  • Seth MeyersGuest
  • Hoda KotbHost

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  The baby arrives on the lobby floor before the couple can reach a hospital 40 minutes away, and Meyers punctures the glamour by correcting how small that lobby really is.

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• Seth Meyers admits he was eaten alive after being hired at SNL, alongside Amy PoehlerREADY CLIP1mVERTICAL60FAIR

  Seth Meyers, former SNL cast member and head writer, tells Hoda Kotb that the excitement of being hired at SNL wears off after three days. He admits he got eaten alive pretty quickly, and recalls going back to his office after Wednesday table reads feeling he was not as funny as the others.

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  He calls himself a good judge of talent, including his own, and says he still thinks he is very funny. He names his SNL class as Dean Edwards, Jeff Richards and Amy Poehler, and says new hires get a very short runway before the job could be taken away.

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  • Hoda KotbHost
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• Harry Connick JrSCRIPTED AD1mVERTICAL53FAIR

  Harry Connick Jr. tells Hoda Kotb how he drove past the Dykeman St.

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  sign with his four-year-old daughter and told her it is where her grandmother grew up. He says his daughter answered from her car seat that she sees her grandmother in her magic circle, with red hair, in bed. He argues that something beyond the family genes keeps his mother present in his daughters, where he hears her laugh and sees her decisions even though she was not around like the other three grandparents.

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• Taylor Dayne traces her wish for a baby to children's photos on a doctor's office ceilingSCRIPTED AD1mVERTICAL53FAIR

  Hoda Kotb, host of Joy 101, asks Taylor Dayne why she decided to have children and wanted to become a mother. Dayne remembers staring at photos of children covering the doctor's office ceiling just before she went under anesthesia and decides on the spot that she wants a baby.

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  She recounts being told 26 years ago to hire a surrogate, in the words rent a womb, child. She says she was 36 at the time and began to feel there was more to life than running.

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  • Taylor DayneGuest
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  Dayne traces the moment she wanted a child to lying under anesthesia, staring at a ceiling covered in pictures of children.

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• Harry Connick, Jr. tells Hoda Kotb how he stayed present and prayed through his wife's cancerSCRIPTED AD1mVERTICAL52FAIR

  Hoda Kotb, host of the podcast, asks Harry Connick, Jr. about the moment his wife was diagnosed with cancer.

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  Connick says he tried to stay present and give his wife and children whatever they needed, and that the family prayed a lot and loved harder instead of living in the future. He says he never let himself think about not having her. Kotb says his wife is doing well now and recalls being scared during her own bout with cancer, and Connick argues that stressing over what might happen is detrimental and all you can do is your best now.

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  • Harry Connick, Jr.Interviewee
  • Hoda KotbHost

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  Connick admits he refused to let himself picture a life without his wife, while Kotb reveals she also went through cancer and remembers the fear.

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