Author Of Heartbreaking “Marry My Husband” Column Dies Aged 51

Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the terminally-ill author of an absolutely heart-rending essay calling for someone to date her husband after her passing, has died of ovarian cancer. She was 51. 

Rosenthal’s piece, You May Want To Marry My Husband, went viral after being published by The New York Times’ Modern Love section ten days ago. In it, Rosenthal’s emotions for husband Jason overflowed, as she wrote “the following list of attributes is in no particular order because everything feels important to me in some way.”

The piece explored Jason’s qualities through the eyes of someone who knew she wouldn’t be able to see them for much longer. Rosenthal wrote “Jason paints. I love his artwork. I would call him an artist except for the law degree that keeps him at his downtown office most days from 9 to 5. Or at least it did before I got sick.”


“If you’re looking for a dreamy, let’s-go-for-it travel companion, Jason is your man. He also has an affinity for tiny things: taster spoons, little jars, a mini-sculpture of a couple sitting on a bench, which he presented to me as a reminder of how our family began.”
Rosenthal’s essay rocketed around social media as readers were struck by the profundity of the piece; aside from being shared countless times on Facebook, Reddit users used the essay as an opportunity to reflect on their own relationships and how they’ve been impacted by cancer diagnoses. 
Friends, colleagues and contemporaries have issued their own recollections of Rosenthal, too. 

Outside of her most recent published work, Rosenthal was also an accomplished memoirist and author of children’s books. She is survived by her parents, two sisters, three children, and Jason. 

R.I.P. 

Source: New York Times.
Photo: Amy Krouse Rosenthal / Facebook / New York Times.

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