Health Activist : Elizabeth Edwards

Elizabeth Edwards is known as the best-selling author who became the driving force behind the success of the political career of her husband, John Edwards. In the last decade of his life, he must deal with the painful shock of her husband's infidelity, and the fight against breast cancer suffered.

On December 6, 2010, his family announced that Elizabeth suffered cancer has spread. The doctors who handle it recommends, further treatment will not work. Elizabeth's struggle against cancer ended a day later. He last breath at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at age 61 years.

A friend describes the last seconds of his life as a''very peaceful moment.''

''She did not want people to say he lost the battle against cancer. The battle is about living life well, and that he won it,''said the friend was quoted as saying today.msnbc.msn.com site.

Health Activist

During his life, women whose original name was Mary Elizabeth Anania was living as a lawyer, author of bestselling books, as well as health activists. He was married to John Edwards, former United States senator (U.S.) from North Carolina, who had become U.S. vice-presidential candidate of the Democratic Party in 2004.

Elizabeth was instrumental in encouraging her husband to be more liberal, on topics such as universal health care. He is also a supporter of same-sex marriage and rejected the war in Iraq. These two topics that often makes it different opinions with John.

Separation

Households that they coached eventually foundered, following a story that carried her husband's infidelity. The two split in early 2010.

Elizabeth was first diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a number of treatments in 2004. In early April 2007, he was told that the cancer might be treatable with anti-estrogen drug.

''I think it was a good omen. That is, there are more treatments can I expect responsive.''

But, the cancer was attacked again and spread to other parts of his body. ''When I was first diagnosed with [cancer], I want to beat him. I want to be champions penakhluk cancer. And I do not have that feeling now. This cancer will eventually kill me. Cancer is going to win this fight,''he said.

Elizabeth wrote two bestselling books, each entitled 'Resilience' and 'Saving graces. " The second book is about the long struggle against cancer and her husband's infidelity scandal.

Mother of three children also became an advocate her own right on health care reform, and for the poor, two issues that are also a concern for her husband.

''Our country has benefited from a voice that he gave to build a community, who raised all that are left behind,''said U.S. President Barack Obama.

Prior was diagnosed with cancer, Elizabeth has begun to write a letter to her children, contains advice that they can use after he died. For example, how do I choose a church or a spouse.

Since leaving the practice of law after the death of his son, Wade, from a car accident in 1996, she devoted her life to managing the Wade Edwards Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that encourages and inspires young people to pursue their.