Cancer sufferer who wrote dating profile on her husband for his next wife dies

"He's an easy man to fall in love with. I did it‚ in one day." With those words‚ Amy Krouse Rosenthal‚ author of more than 20 books for children‚ tried to ensure her widower would not remain unloved after her death. She died this morning from cancer.

Her death of ovarian cancer was announced by the Children's Bookshelf @PWKidsBookshelf.

Very sad news: Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author of more than 20 books for children, died this morning from cancer. pic.twitter.com/ge9EnhLpfx

— Children's Bookshelf (@PWKidsBookshelf) March 13, 2017

She wrote a dating profile for her husband of 26 years‚ entitled "You May Want to Marry My Husband"‚ after learning her cancer was terminal. It was published in the New York Times on March 3 this year‚ but she wrote it over several days‚ ending on Valentine's Day.

Her cancer was diagnosed in September.

"So many plans instantly went poof.

"No trip with my husband and parents to South Africa. No reason‚ now‚ to apply for the Harvard Loeb Fellowship. No dream tour of Asia with my mother. No writers’ residencies at those wonderful schools in India‚ Vancouver‚ Jakarta.

"No wonder the word cancer and cancel look so similar‚" she wrote in the New York Times.

Her husband‚ Jason Brian Rosenthal‚ and she were 24 when they met.

"By the end of dinner‚ I knew I wanted to marry him.

"Jason? He knew a year later."

She listed his physical appearance as 5-foot-10 tall and weighing 160 pounds‚ and his qualities as a great father to their three adult children‚ as well as being handy around the house‚ a music lover and artist.

"This is a man who‚ because he is always up early‚ surprises me every Sunday morning by making some kind of oddball smiley face out of items near the coffeepot: a spoon‚ a mug‚ a banana‚" she wrote‚ describing how she wanted more time with him and their children.

"But that is not going to happen... I probably have only a few days left being a person on this planet. So why I am doing this?

"(I hope) that the right person reads this‚ finds Jason‚ and another love story begins."

But her poignant letter equally stated: "I’m going to miss looking at that face of his."

Read the full letter here.