Clements does not shy away from personal financial advice in the face of death

New York Times personal finance columnist Ron Lieber writes about the former Wall Street Journal financial columnist Jonathan Clementswho was diagnosed with cancer.

Lieber writes: “Those are the words of 61-year-old Jonathan Clements, who wrote more than 1,000 columns on personal finance for the Wall Street Journal between 1994 and 2015. Plan to live past 90 and save accordingly, he advised when he wasn’t running marathons or riding his bike.

“In May he went to the doctor because of balance problems. Two days later he received a devastating cancer diagnosis. Scans showed a golf ball-sized tumor on his lung, and the disease has spread to his brain, liver and other areas.

“Anything beyond 12 decent months would be a win. ‘I’m definitely under pressure here,’ he said as we sat at his kitchen table this week.

“Asking Mr. Clements to take back any of his advice may seem like the height of callousness, but he doesn’t shy away from much. He has already turned his terrible bad luck into snappy prose, filled with bold-faced conclusions on his website, humbledollar.com.”

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