I canceled my wedding to get married at an NYC hospital so my dad could see me one last time before he died
NY Post
Elisabeth Linde never dreamed of her wedding like most little girls growing up.
She didn’t fantasize about saying “I Do” in a big poofy dress. She didn’t get lost in thoughts about riding off into happily ever after in a horse-drawn carriage.
The Long Island resident did, however, always envision her father, Stuart, at her side on the big day.
So when a mesothelioma diagnosis rendered him bedridden at Manhattan’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center just days before her June 4, 2023 nuptials, the bride-to-be made sure her one wedding wish came true.
“I canceled my wedding and got married in my dad’s hospital room on June 3,” Linde, 31, told The Post. “My dad was one of my biggest supporters. He had to be there.”
Stuart, a family man and Wall Street executive, who served as the Head of Equity Research at Lehman Brothers and Barclays, died at age 56.
