![]() ![]() "And when you see someone dying … they were watching him lose the ability to live, and he never lost his dignity." "Clearly there was a vulnerability that made Morrie accessible to everyone," Koppel replied. What do I do now? And how do I try to make up for what I haven't done in the past?'" So for me it was a question of, 'Oh, my God, he's dying. I promised him the day I graduated that I would always stay in touch, and then I broke that promise. "I had been so close to him in college," he told Koppel. Morrie Schwartz with Ted Koppel on "Nightline" in March 1995. Because among those viewers was a young sportswriter, Mitch Albom. And that, it turned out, was just the beginning. What they could never have anticipated was that those conversations with Schwartz would become among the most popular programs they had ever done. Then, I get up and say, 'I want to live.'" "Some mornings I'm angry and bitter," said Morrie Schwartz. Back when "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel was at ABC News, they produced three "Nightline" programs with a retired university professor who was dying of ALS (often known as Lou Gehrig's disease). ![]()
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