Through a caregiver at de la Rosa's hospice, the two succeeded in contacting Cornell via the internet. "It was a pleasure to put it to music and an honor that he ask if I would ever consider it" Chris Cornell on the poem "I Promise It's Not Goodbye," written by Rory de la Rosa
"I have had a friendship with him by telephone and e-mail for a while now," says Cornell. "I was made aware of his story and that he wanted to talk to me because my music had been important to him and his family through what I think of as an unimaginably hard time. - more on this story
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