Author Cheryl Strayed announced that her husband, the documentary filmmaker Brian Lindstrom, died at the age of 65.
Strayed, known for her books Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail and Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life From “Dear Sugar”, revealed Lindstrom’s death on Instagram, writing, “Brian Lindstrom died this morning the way he lived—with gentleness and courage, grace and gratitude for his beautiful life. Our children, Carver and Bobbi, and I held him as he took his last breath and we will hold him forever in our hearts. The only thing more immense than our sorrow that Progressive Supranuclear Palsy took our beloved Brian from us is the endless love we have for him.”
Lindstrom, a native of Portland, Oregon, was educated at Lewis & Clark College. His films include Kicking, which follows three people with substance use disorder as they go through a detoxification program, and Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse, about a man with schizophrenia who died after being beaten by Portland police officers.
His most recent film, Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill, about the singer-songwriter who died from an overdose in 1979, was released in 2022.
“We do not know how we will live without him,” Strayed wrote in her Instagram post. “We’re utterly bereft. We can only walk this dark path and search for the beauty Brian knew was there. It will be his eternal light that guides us.”
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
