Cameron Crowe on Grief, Memory and Music

About this episode

Cameron Crowe discusses his sister's death and his ongoing connection with her through grief, memory, and music.

Writer and director of “Almost Famous” among other films, Cameron Crowe, talks about the death of his sister Cathy when he was 10 years old, and how he has come to be "in conversation" with her now, all these decades later. It's a moving conversation about grief, memory, and music. For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis. Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Grace Walker, Emily Williams, Madeleine Thompson Associate Producer: Kyra Dahring Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Anderson Cooper

Guest: Cameron Crowe

Topics covered

• grief
• memory
• music
• loss
• family

Keywords

• Cameron Crowe
• grief
• memory
• music
• sister
• Almost Famous

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN Podcasts

Books & works: Almost Famous

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