Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: On Death and Dying Author Dies at 78

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross was a Swiss-American psychiatrist and author. Born on July 8, 1926, in Zurich, Switzerland, she was one of triplets and later moved to the United States to work in psychiatry.

Her 1969 book On Death and Dying introduced the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. It changed how medicine and society treat dying patients and helped spark the modern hospice movement. Time named her one of the 100 most important thinkers of the 20th century.

She spent her final years in Scottsdale, Arizona, after a series of strokes. Kubler-Ross died at her home there on August 24, 2004, at age 78.

Achievements: Author of On Death and Dying (1969), 20 honorary degrees, Time 100 thinker.

Birth: July 8, 1926 - Zurich, Switzerland.

Profession: Psychiatrist and author.

Interesting Facts: She was one of triplets, each weighing about two pounds at birth.