Elizabeth Edwards died at 61

John Edwards' ex-wife Elizabeth Edwards 61 died after a long battle against breast cancer. Since 2004 Elizabeth had gone treatments and medications, in 2007 she revealed that her cancer had spread out to her bone and to her lung. Just this year her husband admitted that he had a mistress and they have a child.

Elizabeth wrote two books, Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers and Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities. The first book is about how she deal with the death of her son and with cancer, the second one is again about her illness, the death of her loved ones and her husband's infidelity.

Last Dec. 6 her family announced that by doctors advised, she stopped further treatment as her liver had been affected by cancer. During her last hours, her family, her friends and her ex husband, John were with her.