News about Morrie Schwartz

Morrie Schwartz, a former Brandeis University professor, died of Lou Gehrig's disease in 1995, not lay down and die. Rather, the instructor from Newton, Massachusetts, used his impending death to inspire others to accept their own endings. He began hosting weekly gatherings at his house, which he referred to as 'living funerals,' in which he discussed learning to live while still starring death in the front. Jack Thomas, a Boston Globe reporter who wrote a short story about Morrie in the newspaper in March 1995, was immediately taken note of the meetings. Morrie was then invited on the show Nightline, and when Mitch Albom, one of his former students, came across the TV segment, he called out to Morrie. Mitch began attending Morrie's weekly meetings and wrote a book about it, which later turned into a film; Morrie died in November 1995.