Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka whakaputa a Tom Brokaw, 75 tau, i tētahi pukapuka hou e pā ana ki tana pakanga ki te mate pukupuku, e huaina ana ko A Lucky Life Interrupted. Kua kii a Tom Brokaw ka tohaina e ia te korero mo tana pakanga ki te mate pukupuku i roto i tetahi tuhinga hou e kiia ana ko A Lucky Life Interrupted. I ahu mai a Brokaw, 75 tau, i tetahi pukapuka i timata ia ki te pupuri i te mutunga o te 2013 i muri i tana kitenga i te maha o nga myeloma, he mate pukupuku i roto i nga pūtau toto ma o te puku wheua. I kii te kaiwhakaari reti o NBC e tumanako ana ia ka awhina te pukapuka i etahi atu e mahi ana 'i tenei ahuatanga kaore i manakohia,' i roto i tetahi korero i tukuna e ia ma te kaiwhakaputa a Random House. Ka tukuna te pukapuka i te 12 o Mei. I noho muna a Brokaw i te nuinga o tana maimoatanga mate pukupuku, i kii a ia i te iwi he mate pukupuku ia e ono marama noa i muri i tana kitenga. I te wā o tētahi uiuinga ki a David Letterman, i kī a Brokaw e 'ngā pai ana ki te ahunga whakamua' o tana maimoatanga engari ko te tawhiti rawa tērā e haere ana ia ki te whakaahua i tana whawhai ki te mate. 'He maha atu nga taangata kei reira... e haere ana i nga mea e haere ana ahau, a kaore o raatau painga e mahia ana e au,' i kii ia ki te kaihautu korero, e ai ki The Hollywood Reporter. Ko Brokaw, nana nei i korero ki a Letterman ko tana mahi he 'haumanu', i haere tonu ki te mahi i roto i tana maimoatanga, hei kaikawe motuhake mo NBC me te awhina i te kapinga o te pouaka whakaata mo nga Orimipia hotoke i Sochi i te tau kua hipa. I te marama o Hepetema i whakaatu a Brokaw i te Whakaaturanga o tenei ra kua tata te mate pukupuku, ahakoa i mohio ia 'kaore e tino ngaro te mate' engari ka taea te 'whakahaere'. E toru marama i muri mai ka kii a Brokaw kei te murua ia, ka haere ia ki te whakahaere i te rongoa rongoa 'ki te pupuri i a ia i reira', i kii ia i roto i tetahi tuhipoka ki tana 'Whanau NBC' i riro mai i te Hollywood Reporter. I mahi a Brokaw hei kaikawe matua mo NBC Nightly News mo nga tau 23 i mua i tana reti me te tuku i te tuuru ki a Brian Williams i te 2004. I noho puku tonu ia i te nuinga o te tautohetohe e karapoti ana i te korero a Williams mo tana wheako i te pakanga o Iraq ka tukuna he korero e kii ana ko te mutunga o te kaikawe i roto i a Williams me...
Ka tapaina te pukapuka A Lucky Life Interrupted, ā, ka tukuna i te 12 o Mei. I ahu mai a Brokaw i tētahi pukapuka i tīmata ia ki te pupuri i muri i te kitenga i a ia e mate ana ki te mate myeloma maha i te tau 2013. I noho tūmataiti tonu te kaiwhakapāho NBC o mua i tana maimoatanga katoa. I whakapuakina e ia kei roto i te whakaoranga i te Hakihea 2014.