Richard Daley Looks Back on Wife's Death

" Former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley knows it'll soon be a year since his wife passed away from breast cancer but said he still looks to her as a source of strength.

"We had 41 years -- 40 years of marriage and dating. We had a great marriage, great relations. It's really remarkable, and we think of this week, or every day, good things that happen," he said Wednesday during a sit-down interview with Ward Room's Mary Ann Ahern.

Maggie Daley died on Thanksgiving 2011 -- Nov. 24. -- after a nine-year battle with breast cancer.

Nearly a year later, Mr. Daley said remarked on his wife's selflessness and her determination to survive.

"When Kevin died, we looked at two and a half years of a struggle to live "

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