FILE - In this Dec 27, 2012, file photo, Susan Spencer-Wendel poses for a photo in Palm Beach County, Fla. Spencer-Wendel, a Florida writer who turned her mission to live joyfully while battling Lou Gherig's disease into a best-selling book died Wednesday morning, June 4, 2014, her husband John said. She was 47. (AP Photo/Palm Beach Post, J. Gwen Berry) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NO SALES
June 04, 2014 - 8:29 AM
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Susan Spencer-Wendel, whose heartbreaking account of her battle with Lou Gehrig's disease became a bestselling book, has died.
John Wendel says his wife, died at their Florida home Wednesday morning. She was 47.
Spencer-Wendel was a reporter for The Palm Beach Post when she first noticed signs of changing health five years ago. After she was diagnosed with the progressive neurodegenerative disease, she began a final series of trips with those closest to her.
They became the basis for "Until I Say Goodbye," that earned her a $2.3 million deal from Harper Collins and became a bestseller after its release last year.
Wendel says his wife managed to remain positive to the very end.
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