Longtime broadcaster Katie Couric is sharing details of a recent health scare that erased several hours of her memory, leading to hospitalization and a diagnosis of transient global amnesia (TGA).
In a July 6th Substack personal essay titled “The Day I’ll Never Remember,” the 69-year-old recalled attending the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado in late June, when she suddenly became unable to remember recent events and struggled to answer basic questions.
“I decided to wear a white linen suit, a navy and white knit sleeveless shirt, and my new hat,” she began in her post. She said her husband, John Molner, “drove with me to the campus of the Aspen Institute and was excited to go to the hot dog stand for lunch. (They’re really good hot dogs!) That’s the last thing I remember.”…
