Background
Rollin, Betty was born on January 3, 1936 in New York City. Daughter of Leon and Ida Rollin.
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At a time when tempers flare over the Oregon assisted suicide law and Jack Kevorkian's physician-aid-in-dying, Last Wish, Betty Rollin's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, is due for a rereading. Last Wish is an intimate, fiercely honest memoir of a daughter's struggle to come to terms with her terminally ill mother's decision to die. More than a examination of the ethical, spiritual, and technical aspects of assisted suicide, Last Wish is also a celebration of Rollin's imperfect family, a passionate testament to her mother's character and courage, and a compelling argument for the right of the terminally ill to a humane and dignified death. The PublicAffairs paperback edition includes a new foreword, questions for thought and discussion, and a helpful resource guide.
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NBC News correspondent Betty Rollin, glamorous, successful, and happily married, had it all -- and then she learned that she had a malignant tumor in her breast. Written with wit, warmth, and soul searching honesty, First, You Cry is the inspiring, true story about how one woman transformed the most terrifying ordeal of her life into a new beginning. Now with a new introduction and epilogue, this unique memoir serves as a fascinating retrospective of the twenty-five years since Rollin's first mastectomy and, given the continuing threat of breast cancer, tells a story that will inform all women as it touches them with its honesty and even, humor.
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Rollin, Betty was born on January 3, 1936 in New York City. Daughter of Leon and Ida Rollin.
Bachelor, Sarah Lawrence College, 1957.
She now contributes reports for Public Broadcasting Service"s Religion and Ethics News Weekly. Rollin was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1975, and again in 1984, each time losing a breast to the disease. Rollin discussed her cancer publicly and wrote about it cancer in the book, First, You Cry. to encourage public awareness and to give encouragement to others facing this disease.
First, You Cry was made into a television movie starring Mary Tyler Moore as Rollin.
Rollin"s mother Ida was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer in 1981, and Rollin helped her mother end her life in 1983. She revealed this in her book Last Wish, published in 1985 and republished in 1998.
One critic called it "a document of personal compassion and public importance." The book has been published in 19 countries and was made into a television movie in 1992 starring Patty Duke as Rollin and Maureen Stapleton as her mother. Since the book was published, Rollin has been active in the Death with Dignity movement.
She is now on the Advisory Board of Compassion and Choices.
They have no children.
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Vice president Death With Dignity National Center, since 1997.
Married Harold M. Edwards, January 21, 1979.