NPR's Scott Simon Shares His Mother's Last Days
Grace, humor, and heartbreaking honesty.
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Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, has been sitting with his mother in a hospital Intensive Care Unit during her final days. He's been chronicling their time together on his Twitter feed with grace, humor, and heartbreaking honesty.
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