Image Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC Savannah Guthrie and her family have navigated difficult terrain before. Amid news of her mother, Nancy Guthrie's, missing-persons case, many are learning more about the Guthries, including Savannah's late father, Charles Guthrie. He died when she was just a teenager, which the Today co-anchor has opened up about over the years. In her 2024 faith-oriented book, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere, Savannah recalled the heartbreak she went through when her dad died.