When Morrie Schwartz learned that he was dying from Lou Gehrig’s disease, he did not lay down and die - instead, he used his impending demise as a chance to teach others to come to terms with their own endings - and his actions went on to inspire the best-selling book and wildly popular movie, Tuesdays with Morrie.Morrie, a former professor at Brandeis University who lived in Newton, , began holding weekly gatherings at his house, which he referred to as 'living funerals,' after he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrigs, also known as ALS - a condition that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing loss of muscle control - in 1995.Knowing he only had a little time left, Morrie wanted to use his final days to help others, so he started hosting meetings once a week in which he discussed how he learned to live while starring death in the face, according to his son, Rob Schwartz.
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