October 17, 1948 to September 16, 2007
I wanted my 100th post to be a happy, fun post but I found out some sad news today that I want to pass along. James Oliver Rigney, Jr. passed away on September 16, 2007 from complications due to cardiac amyloidosis. To me, he was known as Robert Jordan a bestseller author of the Wheel of Time series. Unfortunately, I was not among the fortunate people who knew him well, or had even met him for that matter.
If his writing alone wasn’t inspirational, his fight and desire to live should be. Instead of saving all his strength and energy to battle his illness, he wrote on his blog whenever possible and he even continued to write the last book in the Wheel of Time series. I am sure his fans are disappointed (at least a little, whether they admit it or not) the Wheel of Time series sits unfinished, as I am, but like me, I am sure they hold James in high regard for not only being true to himself, his friends, his family and his beliefs throughout his sufferings but he also took the time to keep his fans informed. I do not know too many people that would put others, complete strangers even, desires on an equal level to their own needs, if not above them while fighting to live like James did during the past two years.
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