Anderson Cooper

Her husband, Uche, died last May from glioblastoma.

I talk with her about her grief and also the recent loss of her grandmother, Josephine, who died on New Year's Eve at the age of 96.

That's coming up on All There Is.

If there's something you've learned in your grief that you think would be helpful for others, leave us a voicemail at 404-827-1805.

Thanks for listening.

Anderson, it was aggressively avoided.

It was more than not talked about.

It was a hairpin turn whenever the subject got close.

I tried.

I would try often.

And sometimes I'd get like 30 or 40 seconds in before the emergency brake got pulled by her throwing her hands up and saying, I can't talk about this.

I don't want to.

Don't make me talk about it.

Don't make me talk about it.

And then you just feel like you're this wicked person for delving deeper.

A lot of the stuff that's been talked about in your amazing interviews, it's the things we bury and how they fester and how they never go away.

You think they're gone.

You think you've outlived them.

And they're there.

When you open yourself up to all the questions, then you've got a shot at getting them answered.