OBIT: Motivational Speaker Zig Ziglar Dead at 86
He helped people achieve a balanced life.
Zig Ziglar, the man who wrote more than 30 books on leading a balanced life and focusing on positivity, died Wednesday in Texas at the age of 86. Ziglar had been suffering from pneumonia, reports the Huffington Post. He was known as a motivational speaker with the goal of helping people "achieve success in their careers and personals, in addition to a focus on Christianity," writes The Christian Science Monitor. Zigler is survived by his wife of 66 years and three adult children.
