By 1985, Erma Bombeck's three weekly columns were being published by 900 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, and were also being anthologized into many best-selling books. She was also in twice-weekly Good Morning America slots. Bombeck belonged to the American Academy of Humor Columnists, along with other famous personalities. During the 1980s, Bombeck's annual wages ranged from $500,000 to one million dollars.

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Death

Erma Bombeck was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease. In 1996, she was brought to a San Francisco hospital for a kidney transplant, which was performed on April 3. However, she suffered terminal complications from the procedure, passing away on April 22.

Her remains are interred in the Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio, under a big rock from the Phoenix desert.

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Books

• At Wit's End, Doubleday, 1967.
• Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own, Doubleday, 1971. Written with Bil Keane.
• I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression, Doubleday, 1974.
• The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, McGraw-Hill, 1976.
• Aunt Erma's Cope Book, McGraw-Hill.
• If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, McGraw-Hill, 1978.
• Aunt Erma's Cope Book, McGraw-Hill, 1979.
• Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession, 1983.
• Family — The Ties that Bind ... and Gag!, 1987.
• I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer, 1989. American Cancer Society's Medal of Honor in 1990. Its earning was distributed for divers health organizations.
• When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home, 1991.
• A Marriage Made in Heaven or Too Tired for an Affair, 1993.
• All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room, 1995.
• Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist

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Quotes

• "Insanity is hereditary. You can catch it from your kids."
• "My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first one being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint."
• "There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child."
• "If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead."
• "The only reason I would take up jogging is so I could hear heavy breathing again."
• "Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage."
• "Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely."
• "When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.'"
• "In general, my children refused to eat anything that hadn't danced on TV."
• "When humor goes, there goes civilization."
• "Seize the moment. Think of all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart."

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Sources

• Erma in Bomburbia. Time Magazine cover story. (1984)
• Full Biography of Dayton University
• Encarta Encyclopedia

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External links

• Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
• Erma Bombeck Online Museum
• Erma Bombeck Writing Competition
• Erma Bombeck at Find A Grave
• Erma Bombeck "If I had my life to live over"

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