Mark Rosen was on KFAN for the first time since the end of last month today. He lost his wife Denise after a nearly three year battle with cancer.
He joined “Common Man” Dan Cole on KFAN’s mid day show. There was not much build up to the moment. Cole welcomed Rosen back and Rosen immediately began talking about the last few weeks and the end of his wife’s life.
“Wow, it’s good to be back. It really is,” Mark Rosen said. “It was really important for me to get back to you guys, my brothers here at the station.”
Denise Rosen was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma brain tumor in 2018. Mark Rosen said that although he knew when his wife received the diagnoses that there was no cure, she had two good years before struggling the last six months. Denise passed away on August 30th. Mark described her passing as “peaceful” and “surrounded by love”.
“A lot of tears and some laughs. It was the way you want it. The way you want it to be.”
Listeners and friends of the show reached out to the Rosen family after Denise’s death was announced on social media. It was touching to Mark Rosen and his family.
“It meant so much to me and my kids, in particular, that people, who I’ve never met and maybe will never meet, reached out and sincerely offered their condolences and their good feelings.”
Mark Rosen was particularly blown away by Minnesota Golden Gophers quarterback Tanner Morgan. Morgan lost his father to brain cancer. Rosen said that Morgan left him a detailed message that included the college student’s phone number in the event Rosen needed to talk.
