Stephen Covey, ’7 Habits’ author, dies at 79

Stephen Covey, the well-known motivational speaker and author of best-selling “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” passed away yesterday in Idaho Falls. According to his family, he died due to the complications from a bicycle accident in April.

The family said in a statement that in his final hours, he was surrounded by his loving wife and each one of his children as well as their spouses, just as he always wanted. He was 79 years old.

Covey was hospitalized in April while experiencing unconscious bike crash on a steep road in the foothills of Provo, Utah, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City.

Stephen Covey was really a great man as Zackheim, a rival publisher said, “Covey’s influence was very pervasive. Moreover, on talking about the sad news of his death, Carolyn K. Reidy, president and CEO of Simon & Schuster, Inc., which published his book, said in a statement that they are deeply saddened by the passing of Stephen R. Covey. Reidy continued that Covey’s seminal work, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” will forever be one of the most influential books in the field of self-improvement.”