Dyer was a favorite guest of talk show hosts like Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres. ... We Love You Forever Dad/Wayne," his family posted in a message on Dyer's Facebook page.  Dr. Wayne Dyer, the renowned motivational guru and author of dozens of self-help books, has died at age 75, his family announced over social media Sunday. On Tuesday, a statement on Dyer's Facebook page said a coroner's report indicated "he did not have a trace of leukemia in his body." A posting on Dyer's Facebook page said: "Wayne has left his body, passing away through the night. “He always said he couldn’t wait for this next adventure to begin and had no fear of dying. Our hearts are broken, but we smile to think of how much our scurvy elephant will enjoy the other side.” (What’s a “scurvy elephant”? Sending love.” 
 
 The world has lost an incredible man. Wayne Dyer officiated our wedding & was an inspiration to so many. He always said he couldn't wait for this next adventure... http://t.co/cQuSi2Rqk6 — Dr Wayne W Dyer (@DrWayneWDyer) August 30, 2015 
 
 Dyer rose to prominence after the publication of his first book, 1976's "Your Erroneous Zone," became an international bestseller. He went on to earn a doctorate in educational counseling from Wayne State University and was teaching at St. John's University in New York when the success of "Your Erroneous Zone" altered his professional course. [13][14] 
 
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 The Perry Rhodan series has sold more than 1 billion copies,[278] but is not listed because that figure includes magazine sales, not novels alone.
– Wayne Dyer, who wrote dozens of self-help books and was a guru of sorts for celebrities including Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres, has died at age 75. "Wayne has left his body, passing away through the night," his family wrote on Facebook yesterday. "He always said he couldn't wait for this next adventure to begin and had no fear of dying." Dyer, who spent time in orphanages and Detroit's foster system as a child, eventually served in the Navy before going to Wayne State University to study counseling. In 1976, he published his first book—Your Erroneous Zones: Step-by-Step Advice for Escaping the Trap of Negative Thinking and Taking Control of Your Life—and it went on to become one of the best-selling books of all time. Dyer discussed his "self-actualization philosophy," which the Washington Post refers to as "Christian-y" and "Buddhist-ish," on shows including Oprah's, Phil Donahue's, and Sally Jessy Raphael's. He officiated Ellen DeGeneres' and Portia de Rossi's wedding. A sample Dyer quote, per CBS News: "Take the last five minutes of your day and put your attention on everything that you would like to attract into your life. ... Then you'll marinate for eight hours, and you'll awaken and you'll begin to attract the things that are in your subconscious mind." His family did not reveal the cause of his death, but Dyer was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2009; he claimed that the power of positive thinking and a Brazilian doctor's "psychic surgery" healed him. Per USA Today, Dyer once noted that such illnesses are likely "just the body's way of responding to, perhaps, psychological traumas" in a person's past.