http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/10/sally_ride_s_partner_tam_o_shaughnessy_wrote_a_children_s_book_about_their.html

A week before Sally Ride passed away, Tam O’Shaughnessy sat next to her on their bed. They had converted it hospital-style, with medicine and oxygen hook-ups. Although O’Shaughnessy knew the end was near, she never said the word die out loud. Instead of discussing traditional funeral arrangements, she told Ride she wanted to have a celebration of her life.