Beloved author announces husband’s death just days after revealing ‘fatal illness’

Author Cheryl Strayed introduced that her husband, filmmaker Brian Lindstrom, died on Friday. He was 65.

“Brian Lindstrom died this morning the way he lived—with gentleness and courage, grace and gratitude for his beautiful life. Our children, Carver and Bobbi, and I held him as he took his last breath and we will hold him forever in our hearts,” she wrote via Instagram.

The “Wild” author revealed Lindstrom was diagnosed with a “serious, fatal illness” on May 1. In her heartbreaking assertion on Friday, she shared that she had misplaced her battle to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.

“What tremendous luck it was to be his partner for more than thirty years. We loved each other and our children with deep devotion and true delight. He was a stellar husband,” the author, 57, continued, including that he was “he most magnificent dad” to their two kids: 21-year-old daughter Bobbi and 20-year-old son Carver.

“He was a man whose every word and deed was driven by kindness, compassion, and generosity. He saw the goodness in everyone. He believed that we are all sacred and redeemable.”

Strayed additionally praised his work as a filmmaker, noting that her late husband instructed tales “of people who, as he put it, ‘society puts an X through.’”

“He erased that

But above his spectacular profession in movie, Strayed wrote that Lindstrom’s “greatest legacy” is his two kids “who embodied everything good and true about their father.”

“Their extraordinary grace, courage, and fortitude during this harrowing time was unfaltering and grounded in the undying love Brian poured into them every day of their lives,” she gushed.

Strayed concluded, “We do not know how we will live without him. We’re utterly bereft. We can only walk this dark path and search for the beauty Brian knew was there. It will be his eternal light that guides us.”

When the “Mind Over Mountain” podcast host first introduced Lindstrom’s sickness, she requested her followers to carry her household “in your thoughts, prayers, light and love.”

She additionally canceled her writing workshop and upcoming look at Hunter College to remain by his facet.

Strayed is the author of “Torch,” “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail,” “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar” and “Brave Enough.”

Her memoir “Wild” was tailored right into a 2014 movie starring Reese Witherspoon as Strayed.

“Tiny Beautiful Things,” based mostly on her recommendation column, was tailored right into a 2023 Hulu series starring Kathryn Hahnwhereas “Wild” earned Witherspoon an Academy Award nomination.

Documentarian Lindstrom is thought for guiding 2013’s “Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse” and 2022’s “Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill.”

The couple additionally co-directed the 2019 movie “We Are Forbidden.”

They first met in 1995, for 2022 Facebook post from Strayed.

“Met this beautiful man 27 years ago today — literally half my lifetime ago,” Strayed wrote on the time.

“When I was writing ‘Torch,’ he believed in me more than I believed in myself. He’s always, always, always been there for me, every time I needed him. He encourages me. He believes in me.”

“He’s an amazing person and an amazing filmmaker,” she added.

“Many people ask us if we’re jealous of each other or competitive because we’re both artists. We’re always mystified by that because we support each other in every way.”