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‘Wild’ Author Cheryl Strayed Reveals Her Husband Has ‘Fatal’ Diagnosis
May 1, 2026
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Dave Hogan / Getty ImagesAuthor Cheryl Strayed revealed that her “beloved” husband, filmmaker Brian Lindstrom, 65, was diagnosed with a “serious, fatal illness.” In an Instagram post on Thursday, the 57-year-old writer said the diagnosis forced her to cancel upcoming appearances, including a writing workshop at Kripalu in the Berkshires and an event at Hunter College.

“I simply cannot do anything but be with my family right now and see to our broken hearts,” she wrote. She apologized to those who had planned to attend and asked supporters to “hold us in your thoughts, prayers, light and love.” Strayed also noted it may feel “emotionally dissonant” for followers to see upbeat clips from her podcast, Mind Over Mountain, in the coming weeks. “Those interviews, which I loved doing, were recorded previously, in easier, happier times,” she clarified. Strayed, best known for her memoir Wild, which was turned into a 2014 movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, for which the pair garnered Oscar nominations, has often credited Lindstrom’s support for her success. “There’s no doing it without him,” she told The Great Discontent in 2012. They share two children, a son, Carver, and a daughter, Bobbi. View this post on Instagram Read it at Page SixRead more at The Daily Beast.
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