(14 Jul 2025)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Park City, Utah – 25 January 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrea Gibson, poet – on wanting to see the ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ documentary before they died:
"It wasn’t like we didn’t have people around. We have a massive amount of support, which is so important with cancer, with any illness. But we had spent so much time alone with ourselves. We didn’t know what it would be like to have how much we needed people in our home. I think it was the first day that we told them that we loved them. And I also want to say I’m sure many of you know that documentaries typically typically take, you know, much longer than a year. It took a year to make this film. And I never expected to live to see it. And so, I know, and they’ve never said this to me, but it is my feeling that they completed this at like a rapid pace, like this whole group of their team in the front her so that I would be able to see it." (Applause)
ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chris Pizzello
Park City, Utah – 25 January 2025
2. STILL PHOTO: Poet Andrea Gibson, one of the subjects of the documentary film "Come See Me in the Good Light," poses at the premiere of the film during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25, 2025, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chris Pizzello
Park City, Utah – 25 January 2025
3. STILL PHOTO: Andrea Gibson, left, and Megan Falley, the subjects of the film "Come See Me in the Good Light," pose for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
ASSOCIATED PRESS/Hannah Schoenbaum
Park City, Utah – 25 January 2025
4. STILL PHOTO: One of Andrea Gibson’s poetry books, "You Better Be Lightning," is seen on a bookshelf in Salt Lake City, Monday, July 14, 2025, the day she died of cancer. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)
STORYLINE:
Andrea Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist who through their verse explored gender identity, politics and their 4-year battle with terminal ovarian cancer, died Monday at age 49.
Gibson’s death was announced on social media by their wife, Megan Falley. Gibson and Falley are the main subjects of the documentary “Come See Me in the Good Light,” winner of the Festival Favorite Award this year at the Sundance Film Festival and scheduled to air this fall on Apple TV+.
“Andrea Gibson died in their home (in Boulder, Colorado) surrounded by their wife, Meg, four ex-girlfriends, their mother and father, dozens of friends, and their three beloved dogs,” Monday’s announcement reads in part.
The film — exploring the couple’s enduring love as Gibson battles cancer — is directed by Ryan White and includes an original song written by Gibson, Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile. During a screening at Sundance in January that left much of the audience in tears, Gibson said they didn’t expect to live long enough to see the documentary.
Bareilles shared a photo on social media Monday of herself wearing a gold necklace with the word “Andrea” in cursive. Gibson was “a wonder to behold and be held by,” Bareilles wrote. “This one is forever.”
Tributes poured in Monday from friends, fans and fellow poets who said Gibson’s words had changed their lives — and, in some cases, saved them. Many LGBTQ+ fans said Gibson’s poetry made them feel loved and helped them learn to love themselves. People with cancer and other terminal illnesses said Gibson made them less afraid of death by reminding them that we never really leave the ones we love.
"Either way, please let me remember.”
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