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Diane Rehm On Grief And Widowhood: 'There Is No Such Thing As Closure'

caption: Diane Rehm in the KUOW studios.
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Diane Rehm in the KUOW studios.
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Jeannie Yandel talks with longtime show host Diane Rehm about having to learn who she is without her husband, John Rehm. After 54 years of marriage, John Rehm chose to end his own life after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Diane Rehm writes about how his illness and death changed her in her book, "On My Own."

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