{"id":220352,"date":"2026-02-02T18:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/savannah-guthries-quotes-about-her-late-dad-charles-through-the-years\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:55:16","slug":"savannah-guthries-quotes-about-her-late-dad-charles-through-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/savannah-guthries-quotes-about-her-late-dad-charles-through-the-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie’s Quotes About Her Late Dad Charles Through the Years"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Savannah Guthrie<\/strong><\/a> has been candid about navigating her grief after the death of her father, Charles Guthrie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Savannah was 16 when Charles died from a heart attack, describing the harrowing moment she found out the news from her mom, Nancy Guthrie<\/strong><\/a>, and her sister, Annie Guthrie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s like an electricity in the air,\u201d the Today<\/em> host recalled during an episode of Hoda Kotb<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cMaking Space\u201d<\/a> podcast in February 2024. \u201cAnd I can remember my mom coming toward me to try to hug me and tell me really fast, \u2018Dad died.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Savannah said that hearing of her father\u2019s passing was \u201cshocking,\u201d and it ripped her \u201cwhole world apart.\u201d In honor of her dad, Savannah named her son Charles, nicknamed \u201cCharley\u201d for short. (The NBC host also shares daughter Vale with husband Mike Feldman<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSavannah Guthrie missed the Monday, February 2, episode of the Today show after her mom, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing in Arizona. Sheinelle Jones and Craig Melvin introduced the \u201cdeeply personal story\u201d on Monday, sharing a statement from Savannah, 54, and her family. \u201cOn behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Mostly What God Does<\/em> author is leaning on her loved ones after her mother, Nancy, was reported missing in Arizona on February 1, 2026. In a news conference, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos<\/strong> said Nancy\u2019s home is being considered a crime scene<\/a> after the state of the house sparked \u201cgrave concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers and messages of support,\u201d Savannah said in a statement on behalf of the Guthrie family. \u201cRight now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear mom. We thank law enforcement for their hard work on this case and encourage anyone with information to contact the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department at (520) 351-4900.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scroll below for more of Savannah\u2019s candid quotes about her late father.<\/p>\n

How Savannah Guthrie Manages Her Grief<\/h2>\n

Savannah said that the grief from losing her father is a feeling that won\u2019t ever go away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always think of grief as like this cup that is like a cup of water that\u2019s full and you carry it around when something like this happens and your water cup is full,\u201d she said on \u201cMaking Space\u201d in February 2024. \u201cWhen it first happens, you might have tons pouring out and pouring out and then you just carry your cup around for your whole life and you spill it out, sometimes in little drops, and sometimes you just hold it and nothing comes out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Savannah added, \u201cBy the time you die, that cup will be emptied, but it\u2019s going to be something that you carry with you always.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Savannah Guthrie Praised Her Late Dad\u2019s Personality<\/h2>\n

On \u201cMaking Space,\u201d Savannah remembered her dad as a \u201cforce\u201d and \u201can amazing, magnetic, joyous, charismatic, incredibly loving, warm, kind, forbearing personality.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also admitted that she sometimes finds herself getting emotional thinking about Charles.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it feels good if I can have a tear or cry for my father,\u201d Savannah shared. \u201cI\u2019m glad because it\u2019s an act of love. It\u2019s me saying, \u2018I still love you, Daddy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

How Savannah Guthrie Found Her Faith After Charles Guthrie\u2019s Death<\/h2>\n

Savannah explained that she leaned on her strong Christian faith after suffering the loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of my high school friends who knew of my faith (said), \u2018Well, now what do you think? Does that make you not believe or not want to believe in God?\u2019 And I remember saying one time, \u2018Oh no, now I need him more than ever,\u2019\u201d the newscaster recalled on \u201cMaking Space.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was, like, sitting on it. Why do you have to take on the question of, like, why does God \u2026 why would a good God permit suffering?\u201d Savannah told Kotb.<\/p>\n

Savannah went on to say that even though she has been through some difficult life moments, she has felt God every step of the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bad things happened and I was still OK and God was there for me and God loved me,\u201d Savannah explained. \u201cAnd that\u2019s where my faith transformed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Savannah Guthrie Broke Down Recalling Her Dad\u2019s Death<\/h2>\n

While at a stop on her Mostly What God Does<\/em> book tour in February 2024, Savannah was asked by Charlotte Jones<\/strong> about the \u201ctraumatic\u201d experience of losing her dad.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, my father was a larger than life, amazing \u2013 I can\u2019t believe you\u2019re making me cry, I haven\u2019t cried about this in a long time \u2013 deeply faithful man,\u201d Savannah said with tears streaming down her face. \u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019m crying. Darn you, Charlotte, you should be a Today show host!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was our whole lives, and he passed away,\u201d Savannah added. \u201cHe had a heart attack, I was 16. I came home one night and he was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Savannah Guthrie Opened Up About Her Dad\u2019s Health Before His Death<\/h2>\n

While appearing on Brooke Shields<\/strong>\u2018 \u201cNow What?\u201d podcast in August 2023, Savannah said that her dad suffered his first heart attack when she was a 13-year-old freshman in high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we understood how serious that was,\u201d she said of his health emergency. \u201cAnd then three years later he had another heart attack, and that one was fatal. It was so unexpected.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 35 years later, Savannah still thinks about the day her world turned upside down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it changes everything. I always think of it as on our calendars we have B.C. and A.D. There\u2019s a before and after. It\u2019s just this stark dividing line,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s before my dad died and there\u2019s after, and it\u2019s profound. Grief is a lifelong process. I really believe that. There\u2019s acute grief.\u201d<\/p>\n

Savannah continued, \u201cI will always carry this grief. It doesn\u2019t mean that I\u2019m not happy, that I\u2019m not joyous, but it\u2019s part of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSavannah Guthrie\u2019s Today cohosts are thinking about her family as her mom, Nancy Guthrie, has been reported missing. During the Monday, February 2, broadcast, Sheinelle Jones and Craig Melvin introduced the \u201cdeeply personal story\u201d and shared a statement from Savannah, 54, and her family. \u201cOn behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Savannah Guthrie Wrote a Heartfelt Tribute to Her Dad<\/h2>\n

In a deeply personal essay for Today.com<\/a> in June 2014, Savannah shared a Father\u2019s Day tribute to her dad.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father was a seemingly unlikely mix of qualities: always strong, sometimes terrifying, loyal to the end and disarmingly gentle and tender when it counted,\u201d she wrote. \u201cHe was also tall, affectionate and funny; he had that personality that people describe as \u2018lighting up the room.\u2019He was a 5,000-watt bulb who could turn a mundane trip to the post office into a rip-roaring tale. People adored him and gravitated towards him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Savannah continued, \u201cBut for all these wonderful and magnetic traits, the one I remain most grateful for is his integrity. He had an unbending notion of right and wrong. His moral clarity was demanding and sometimes intimidating, but he tempered it, at the moment you most needed and least expected it, with kindness and mercy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In particular, Savannah recalled a time where her dad took her and Annie to the movies and had a witty remark about tickets.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were just beyond the age where we could have gotten those \u2018under 10\u2019 tickets for a few dollars less,\u201d she reflected. \u201cI remember asking my dad, \u2018Why don\u2019t you just get the kids\u2019 tickets? The cashier probably won\u2019t know how old we are.\u2019 I\u2019ll never forget what he said: \u2018I\u2019m not going to sell my soul for $2.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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