On Friday, August 22, former Nightline executive producer Leroy Sievers, 53, died from complications of metastasized colon cancer. I followed his blog almost every day for two years like thousands of others. His wife Laurie has continued it in his honor. One of the common sentiments readers made after hearing about his death was that they cried for a man they had never met, someone who like a gentle giant touched their daily lives with grace and humility. In a tribute to Sievers broadcast online, his oncologist had the courage to expose the human side of being a doctor and honor his patient’s inspiring character.
Two months earlier, on June 25, Randy Pausch passed away of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47. Randy touched many with his now-famous speech, The Last Lecture.
Two giants who poured their hearts out with good intention and deepened the dialog of cancer, are gone.
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