One of my favorite authors, James Rigney Jr., more popularly known as Robert Jordan, famed author of The Wheel of Time Series has just recently gone off to the fair green fields of endless sunshine.
On March 23, 2006, Jordan disclosed in a statement in a firm & optimistic tone that he had been diagnosed with primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (cardiac amyloidosis), & that, with treatment, his median life expectancy was four years, though he said he intended to beat the statistics. He later posted on his Dragonmount blog to encourage his fans not to worry about him & that he intended to have a long & fully creative life, working for another 30 years.
He began chemotherapy treatment at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota in early April 2006. Jordan was enrolled in a study using the drug Revlimid just approved for multiple myeloma but not yet tested on primary amyloidosis Jordan succumbed to his illness on September 16, 2007 and died at approximately 2:45 p.m. EDT.
Goodbye Mr. Wheel of Time, may the light illumine your soul forever.
How very, very sad. I am not familiar with the works of Robert Jordan, but I sincerely hope that after a long life of illness and pain, that he is now happy and peaceful… wherever he may be.
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