Minor Characters
Janine
Mitch's wife, a professional singer. She and Mitch married after seven years of dating, and she loves him despite his busy schedule and his unwillingness to prioritize having children. She accompanies Mitch to visit Morrie one week and to everyone's surprise, sings for Morrie.
Charlotte
Wife of Morrie and a professor at MIT. She is a very private person, but tolerates and supports Morrie's desire to have visitors when he receives his ALS diagnosis.
David
Morrie's younger brother. He contracted Polio as a child and suffers from a permanent limp.
Eva
Morrie's stepmother, a Romanian immigrant. She married Charlie a year after Morrie's mother died, when Morrie was nine. She gave Morrie the love and attention he craved from his father, and is responsible for instilling in him a love of learning.
Ted Koppel
Host of the Nightline TV show. A tough, brisk man, through his three interviews with Morrie, he softens and seems to take some of Morrie's life lessons to heart.
Connie
Morrie's home health nurse, described as a stout, Italian woman. She helps Morrie use the toilet and performs other tasks to keep him comfortable, such as massaging his feet and turning him in bed.
Tony
Morrie's first home health worker who helps him with his bathing suit and getting in and out of the swimming pool.
Rob
One of Morrie's sons; a journalist in Tokyo.
Jon
One of Morrie's sons; a computer expert in Boston.