What is Stephen Covey?
[[File:Stephen Covey 2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Covey in 2010]] '''Stephen Richards Covey''' (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was an [[Americans|American]] educator, author, businessman and keynote speaker. His most popular book is ''[[The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People]]'' (1989). His other books include ''[[First Things First (book)|First Things First]]'', ''Principle-Centered Leadership'', ''The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families'', ''[[The 8th Habit]]'' and ''The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child At a Time''. In 1996, [[Time magazine|''Time'' magazine]] named him one of the 25 most influential people. At the time of his death, he was a professor at the [[Jon M. Huntsman School of Business]] at [[Utah State University]]. Covey was born in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]. He was married to Sandra Covey and had nine children.<ref name=Forbes/> He was a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. In April 2012, Covey was injured in a bike accident in [[Provo, Utah]]. On July 16, 2012, he died of problems relating to the accident at a [[Idaho Falls, Idaho]] hospital. He was 79.<ref name=Forbes>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenkrogue/2012/07/16/stephen-r-covey-7-habits-author-dies-at-79/|title=Stephen R. Covey, '7 Habits' Author, Dies At 79|work=[[Forbes]]|date=July 16, 2012|access-date=March 18, 2020|author=Krogue, Ken}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/16/us/obit-stephen-covey/index.html|title='7 Habits' author Stephen Covey dead at 79|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=July 16, 2012|access-date=March 18, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *[https://www.franklincovey.com/ FranklinCovey] *{{IMDb name|1760969}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Covey, Stephen}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths in the United States]] [[Category:Educators from Salt Lake City, Utah]] [[Category:American Latter Day Saints]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Salt