Robert Jordan RIP (October 17, 1948 - September 16, 2007) - Metal-R.US

Ashman · **Robert Jordan RIP (October 17, 1948 - September 16, 2007)**

Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. , under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the name Reagan O'Neal. He died September 16, 2007 from complications from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (cardiac amyloidosis).[1]

On March 23, 2006, Jordan disclosed in a statement[5] in a firm and optimistic tone that he had been diagnosed with primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (cardiac amyloidosis), and that, with treatment, his median life expectancy is four years, though he said he intended to beat the statistics. He later posted on his Dragonmount blog to encourage his fans not to worry about him and that he intended to have a long and fully creative life, working for another 30 years.

He began chemotherapy treatment at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota in early April 2006.[6] Jordan was enrolled in a study using the drug Revlimid just approved for multiple myeloma but not yet tested on primary amyloidosis.

On January 22, 2007, Jordan's blog announced that the Lambda light chain levels had dropped to a rating of 2.70.[7] This reduction was sustained throughout another break in Jordan's use of Revlimid, which he briefly came off again due to side effects attributed to the drug. It should be noted that for the first time since his diagnosis in March 2006 Jordan's Lambda light chains were within the normal limits.

Jordan succumbed to his illness on 16 September 2007 and died at about 2:45pm.

Dane

This is heartbreaking.

Iced

Damn that sucks. I have books like 3 and 6 of Wheel of Time. I was gonna get the first one at the library the other day but decided not to for some reason. Ill get it when I go back.

SheWolf

WOW!!! thats a bummer!!!...i didn't even know he was "sick"...well at least he leaves with a legacy of books begind him

...now what will happen to the wheel of time series...

Ashman

well the last book was about half done from what i've heard and he left quite an extensive amount of notes where the last book was going.

Ashman Kneel before ZOD Moderator MRU Donor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Scotia, NY USA Posts: 2,956 Images: 76 Horns up: 16 Horns up 297 times in 188 posts	Robert Jordan RIP (October 17, 1948 - September 16, 2007) Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. , under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the name Reagan O'Neal. He died September 16, 2007 from complications from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (cardiac amyloidosis).[1] On March 23, 2006, Jordan disclosed in a statement[5] in a firm and optimistic tone that he had been diagnosed with primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (cardiac amyloidosis), and that, with treatment, his median life expectancy is four years, though he said he intended to beat the statistics. He later posted on his Dragonmount blog to encourage his fans not to worry about him and that he intended to have a long and fully creative life, working for another 30 years. He began chemotherapy treatment at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota in early April 2006.[6] Jordan was enrolled in a study using the drug Revlimid just approved for multiple myeloma but not yet tested on primary amyloidosis. On January 22, 2007, Jordan's blog announced that the Lambda light chain levels had dropped to a rating of 2.70.[7] This reduction was sustained throughout another break in Jordan's use of Revlimid, which he briefly came off again due to side effects attributed to the drug. It should be noted that for the first time since his diagnosis in March 2006 Jordan's Lambda light chains were within the normal limits. Jordan succumbed to his illness on 16 September 2007 and died at about 2:45pm.
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SheWolf White and Nerdy Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada Posts: 1,577 Images: 7 Horns up: 1 Horns up 11 times in 5 posts	WOW!!! thats a bummer!!!...i didn't even know he was "sick"...well at least he leaves with a legacy of books begind him ...now what will happen to the wheel of time series...
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