Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Instead, the show replayed an episode of Nightline with Koppel's 1995 interviews with retired Brandeis University sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, who was dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. [ 20 ] On March 24, 2020, Koppel made a guest appearance on Nightline to mark the program's 40th anniversary, discussing how he and his wife had been coping ...
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson is a 1997 memoir by American author Mitch Albom.The book is about a series of visits Albom made to his former Brandeis University sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz was dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
One evening, while on the phone with Janine, Mitch flips through TV channels and lands on an edition of Nightline where his former professor Morrie Schwartz is being interviewed by Ted Koppel. Morrie discusses his current health and reveals he is dying of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease" or ALS.
Koppel's final broadcast of Nightline did not feature clips, memorable interviews or famous moments from his tenure as host, as would be typical when an anchor retires. Instead, it featured Koppel's 1995 interview with college professor Morrie Schwartz, who was suffering with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Grace Anne Dorney Koppel was told she only had a few years left after her 2001 COPD diagnosis. Now, the couple provides the treatment that keeps her 'very much alive 23 years later'
Morris S. Schwartz (December 20, 1916 – November 4, 1995) [1] was an American professor of sociology at Brandeis University and an author. He was the subject of the best-selling book Tuesdays with Morrie, written by Mitch Albom, a former student of Schwartz.
On November 22, 2005, Albom was the sole and final guest on Ted Koppel's farewell appearance on ABC's Nightline. [citation needed] Koppel had gotten to know Albom through his broadcasts with Morrie Schwartz, and the final program dealt with the legacy of those shows and Albom's book. [citation needed]
The anchor's ABC colleagues, including Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, and Ted Koppel, shared their thoughts on Jennings's death. The next morning, Brokaw and Rather fondly remembered their former rival on the morning news shows. "Peter, of the three of us, was our prince," said Brokaw on Today. "He seemed so timeless.