Elizabeth Edwards dies of cancer
Elizabeth Edwards, the high-profile wife of former Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards, died of cancer at 61 in her home in North Carolina yesterday, a family friend said.
December 7, 2010 Elizabeth Edwards, who won national celebrity for her stoic dignity in the face of terminal cancer and the public unraveling of her storybook marriage to one of America's most prominent politicians, died on Tuesday in Chapel Hill, NC She was 61.