People have sent prayers and congratulations to veteran news anchor Dan Rather after news broke Tuesday that his wife, Jean Rather, has died.

She was 89.

According to reports, Jean Liever died in Austin, Texas, surrounded by family and friends. She had been battling cancer.

“Jean was a steadfast advisor and rock of Texas through every storm,” her family said in a statement. “She was also the kind of woman who could meet presidents, kings and queens, draft dodgers, criminals and corporate suites every day with equal ease and a stunning smile.”

CBS News reports this that Jean and Dan were married for 67 years.

Dan Liever, 93, spent 44 years at CBS News as a bureau chief, war correspondent, foreign correspondent and White House correspondent, the network said.

according to CBS Jean is survived by her Dan, a son, Danjack, and a daughter, Robin, along with a grandson, Andy.

The family called her a “wonderful mother and grandmother, who made every game, cheered every victory, put band-aids on every skinned knee and served as a confidante and friend to all her family members.”