Elizabeth Edwards, the estranged wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, died Tuesday after a six-year fight with cancer, her family said. She was 61.

"Today we have lost the comfort of Elizabeth's presence but she remains the heart of this family," the statement said. "We love her and will never know anyone more inspiring or full of life. On behalf of Elizabeth we want to express our gratitude to the thousands of kindred spirits who moved and inspired her along the way. Your support and prayers touched our entire family."

A family friend said she died in North Carolina at 10:15 a.m.

The family asked that donations be made to the Wade Edwards Foundation which benefits the Wade Edwards Learning Lab. He was the Edwards' teenaged son who died in a car accident.

 

whoa! that was fast.
I was reading about her illness last night

 

me too...that was fast. RIP.

 

How tragic. R.I.P

 

really sucks. it's crazy how quick she went after they released that she wasn't doing any more treatments.

People with Cancer that close to the end I think can just give up the ghost and the body listens and just go's.

 

^yup. once the mind gives up, it's over. =(

 

John Edwards is a disgusting piece of crap that will hopefully die a horribly long and painful tortuous death after what he did to his wife while she was terminally ill.

 

RIP Elizabeth

...and RIP to John Edwards' political career. Fake ass bitch. Now if only the rest of the other 98% of politicians would be exposed as the phonies that they are.