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" Elizabeth Edwards has died at age 61. Our hearts go out to her family. Earlier today, her camp released a statement that she was ending her cancer treatment with her doctors&amp;#039; recommendations. Elizabeth had been first diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and it returned again in 2007. Ever the optimist, in her statement she said: &amp;quot;The days of our lives for all of us are numbered, we know that, but I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful.&amp;quot; We admire the brave and graceful way Elizabeth handled her battle with cancer \u2014 as well as her husband&amp;#039;s infidelities. We&amp;#039;re touched to hear she had been working for the past few years on a letter to her children to give them advice and &amp;quot;always be there with a mother&amp;#039;s wisdom when she couldn&amp;#039;t be there physically,&amp;quot; according to People magazine&amp;#039;s Sandra Sobieraj Westfall. If you were writing a letter to your kids, what kind of advice would you want to leave them? Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy More on Cancer and Talking to Your Kids about Death Talking to My Daughter about Death Who Gets Breast Cancer and Who Survives? 5 Cancer Myths Busted "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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