Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. It was through this program's airing that Morrie's former student, Ablom, was reminded of his old professor, leading Ablom to reach out and reconnect. Schwartz, which began later in March and which were then edited and presented as a Nightline television event. Ted Koppel became aware of the article, and a decision was made to conduct a series of interviews with Prof. In March 1995, Jack Thomas of the The Boston Globe wrote a piece on Brandeis professor Morrie Schwartz, entitled 'A Professor's Final Course: His Own Death'. His tombstone reads, 'A teacher until the end.' The Boston Globe and Nightline antecedents

After a long battle with ALS, Morrie died on 4 November, 1995. Schwartz was married to Charlotte Schwartz, with whom he had two children. This is where he met his student Mitch Albom, who would later become a lifelong friend. He later went on to work as a researcher in a mental hospital, where he learned about mental illness and how to have empathy and compassion for other people later in life, he decided to become a sociology professor in hopes of putting his accumulated wisdom to use. The son of Russian immigrants, Schwartz had a difficult childhood, indelibly marked by the death of his mother and his brother's infection with the Polio virus. Morrie Schwartz was a sociology professor at Brandeis University who was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The memoir also recounts Mitch's memories of Morrie as a professor.

Throughout these days, Mitch and Morrie discuss various topics important to life and living. The memoir is divided into 14 different 'days' that Mitch Albom spent with his professor Morrie. The book recounts each of the fourteen visits Albom made to Schwartz, supplemented with Schwartz's lectures and life experiences and interspersed with flashbacks and references to contemporary events.Īfter being diagnosed with ALS, Morrie's final days are spent giving his former student Mitch his final lesson of life. A coincidental newspaper strike allows Albom to visit Schwartz every week, on Tuesdays. After seeing his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz appear on Nightline, Mitch Albom, a successful sports columnist, phones Schwartz and is prompted to visit him in Massachusetts. ( May 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by merging similar text or removing repeated statements. This section's two paragraphs may contain too much repetition or redundant language.

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