My first reaction upon watching this interview was that it was hard to tell that he was actually dying. He really just looked and acted like any other old person in a wheelchair. Most of the time when I think of someone who is dying, I think about someone who is sort of "checked out" mentally and physically, definitely without the energy to do an interview on national television.
It also made me think of how my grandma was before she died. It seemed like the closer and closer she came to death the more uninvolved and detached she became with the world around her. It made me think about how this contrasted Morrie's last few months. Her death is really the only significant experience with someone dying that i've had in my life, and before i started reading this book, I believed that it was inevitable that all people were destined to go through the same process of slowly losing touch with the world and the people around them before they die.
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I totally get what you are saying. In fact, I'm sure that they picked a "good day" for Morrie when they had the interview. I believe that they mentioned that in the book, later, that Ted Koppel comes back and attempts to have a third interview and Morrie doesn't think that it will work so he cancels it. I'm glad that you shared the part about the personal loss that you had. These types and message affect so many people in so many ways and sometimes its hard to share the experiences with others. thank you for sharing yours.
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