That is one of the most moving, poignant, loving things I have ever heard. And she wrote it as a letter. Not a speech. Not a PR move. A letter. What an absolutely incredible person she was.
My grandpa told me about this decades ago. How when he was a youngin' in upstate New York and on a boat there was a guy who he was told had "the Jumping Frenchman Affliction" and someone yelled JUMP and the poor fellow jumped off the boat. Interesting to get confirmation now.