Thomas, when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2021. doctors told him he had time, they measured not in years, but months. >> as newspapers go, death has a full-time job. and so, like many reporters, i've written a lot about it, about murders, about suicides, fatal accidents. and yet not every story about death has been depressing. >> after his diagnosis, thomas did what he said came naturally. he told a story about it, writing his final piece for the "boston globe" magazine entitled "i just learned i only have months to live: this is what i want to say." he narrated part of his essay f...