In new book, Michael Schiavo says he nearly gave up fight to end ...

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And he blames her father's constant criticism of her about her weight for helping cause it.

Schiavo immediately called 911 after Terri's collapse.

The Schindlers and others have accused him of waiting to call authorities.

He first thought about removing Terri's feeding tube in 1993 after it became clear she was beyond help and doctors suggested the alternative.

He said he couldn't bring himself to try to do it until experiencing his mother's death in 1997.

``The lesson I took from the experience of watching my mom face death was that I should stop putting off the decision for Terri,'' he wrote.

Centonze, whom he met in 1993, had two children with and married earlier this year, was his partner in caring for Terri at the hospice and understood his devotion to her.

Had they not found each other, ``I'm not sure what would have happened to him,'' Centonze said in the book.

``Maybe there would have been someone else to be his rock,'' she said.

``But I know he could not have lasted all these years alone, because he was a very sad, depressed and lonely person.

He deserved some happiness while he dealt with a situation most men would have walked away from.'' Someone offered $250,000 to anyone who would kill Schiavo, and he, Centonze and their children received death threats.

Schiavo writes that he was cradling Terri when she died in her bed at the hospice while protesters carried on loudly outside.

``Tears were streaming down my face an...

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