Posthumous Humour & Lou Gehrig’s Disease (aka ALS)

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Carla Zilber-smith, Canadian singer, actress and comedian, who contracted ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease), would die in May 2010. Her essay ‘Leave them Laughing’ (from Writings on Death; one of…

Setting my Satnav….some last words

Posted on: 26th October 2012 % Posted in: Talking about Death, Words from the Dying Tagged in:
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Just watched a lovely video clip of Adrienne Campbell, talking (for about 20 minutes) about facing her imminent death from brain cancer. I was especially struck by how she reached…


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