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Spencer Johnson last year. He wrote children’s books before collaborating with Ken Blanchard on “The One Minute Manager.”
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Spencer Johnson
Died on July 10, 2017 at age 78
Spencer Johnson left behind a medical career to write short books about life and business, including “Who Moved My Cheese?,” a parable about embracing change that has sold 28 million copies worldwide.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.