Jeffrey Zaslow, who as a reporter and columnist for the Wall Street Journal and an author wrote about how people navigate the transitions and stages of their lives, died Feb. 10 in a car accident on a snowy road in Michigan. Zaslow, 53, was on his way home from speaking about his newest book, “The Magic Room: A Story About the Love We Wish for Our Daughters,” about the clientele of a bridal store.
Zaslow became a best-selling author in the last few years with books such as “The Girls from Ames” and “The Last Lecture,” which he co-wrote with Randy Pausch. Zaslow presented a lecture with that title at Carnegie Mellon University after Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given only a few months to live. An article and a video of the lecture created an international sensation, which led to a best-selling book. — jta