Katie Couric

Matt Lauer has to sit back as Katie Couric, left, his departing co-host of NBC's "Today" show, gets a goodbye kiss from news anchor Ann Curry during Couric's final show, in New York, May 31, 2006. The final send-off included a serenade from Tony Bennett, songs from Martina McBride and the cast of the "Jersey Boys" and a fashion and hair retrospective from Joan Rivers.

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