Dr. Edith Eger, a young ballerina who survived Auschwitz and grew up to become a prominent psychologist helping others living through severe trauma of their own, has died at 98. Edger spent her career helping cancer patients, military veterans and survivors of abuse with a goal to liberate them from suffering. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived. Dr. Edith Eger, a young ballerina who survived Auschwitz and grew up to become a prominent psychologist helping others living through severe trauma of their own, has died at 98. Edger spent her career helping cancer patients, military veterans and survivors of abuse with a goal to liberate them from suffering. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.
