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Why Elizabeth Edwards Left God Out of Her Last Goodbye

-David Gibson
"You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces -- my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope," she wrote. That she seemed to carefully evade a mention of God or things eternal was striking, and even on the day of her death, some critics struck back.
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Elizabeth Edwards Can Cut John Out of Her Will, but Not Out of Her Legacy

-Julie Moos

Hard as she tried to determine her legacy by both holding onto John for her children's sake and cutting him out of her will, she couldn't. He will continue to rewrite her legend with his choices.

Elizabeth Edwards Leaves John Edwards Out of Will, Gives Everything to Kids

-Politics Daily Staff

All of Edwards' belongings went to her three children. She died of breast cancer last month with her estranged husband -- who had fathered a child with a campaign worker -- reportedly at her bedside.

Christine O'Donnell: Extending Jobless Benefits a 'Tragedy' of Historic Proportions

-Tom Diemer

O'Donnell said tragedies come in threes. She cited Pearl Harbor, Elizabeth Edwards' death and the recent bipartisan agreement that includes extension of unemployment benefits for 13 months.

Elizabeth Edwards: Topic No. 1 for a Coupla Sick Chicks Sitting Around Talking

-Donna Trussell

Two cancer survivors take a few minutes in a Kansas coffee shop to reflect on the death of Elizabeth Edwards and how the disease changes everything -- especially time.

Elizabeth Edwards 'a Lighthouse to All of Us,' Says Daughter Cate at Funeral

-Mary C. Curtis

On a gray, rainy Saturday, lifelong friends and family gathered to mourn and remember Edwards' intelligence, sense of humor and uncompromising attitude.

Elizabeth Edwards' Harshest Critics: Are They Sorry Now?

-Joanne Bamberger

In death, Edwards is being praised as a woman of courage and strength -- by some of the same people who once said she was exploiting the cloak of victimhood.

Christian Extremist Group to Picket Elizabeth Edwards Funeral

-David Gibson

Notorious Westboro Baptist Church plans to send members to stage a demonstration on Saturday, because "God hates Elizabeth Edwards"

Why Elizabeth Edwards Left God Out of Her Last Goodbye

-David Gibson

That she seemed to carefully evade a mention of God or things eternal in her public farewell was striking, and some critics struck back.

Elizabeth Edwards, Rest in Peace

-Melinda Henneberger

Before their son Wade's Jeep was blown off the road in a freak storm in 1996, John and Elizabeth "had the storybook life and the storybook marriage,'' their friend David Kirby said. But like most pre-Disney fairy tales, it also included some dark and confusing turns.

Elizabeth Edwards and Her Final Days in Hospice Care

-Eleanor Clift

For Elizabeth, who was courageous and clear-eyed all along about her disease, hospice gave her and her estranged husband a chance to heal wounds and forgive each other.

Elizabeth Edwards Dies at Age 61

-Christopher Weber

Elizabeth Edwards died Tuesday after a six-year battle with breast cancer, The Associated Press and ABC News reported. She was 61.

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