Stephen R. Covey, famed for his 1989 book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died from the residual effects of a bicycle accident in April, his family said. Courtesy image Courtesy image Stephen R. Covey, famed for his 1989 book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died from the residual effects of a bicycle accident in April, his family said. Stephen R. Covey, right, a former Brigham Young University business management professor who was catapulted to fame and fortune with the publication in 1989 of his book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," has died. In this file photo, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, left, talks with Covey at a 2003 training session at Georgia State University in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ric Feld) Stephen R. Covey, famed for his 1989 book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died from the residual effects of a bicycle accident in April, his family said. Courtesy image Stephen R. Covey, the motivational speaker who wrote "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died July 16 of complications from a fall he suffered three months earlier. Covey was 79. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Stephen R. Covey, famed for his 1989 book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died from the residual effects of a bicycle accident in April, his family said. Courtesy image FILE - This Feb. 25, 2003 file photo shows Dr. Stephen R. Covey at a training session at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Covey, the motivational speaker best known for the book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," died Monday, July 16, 2012, in Idaho three months after a serious bicycle accident in Utah. He was 79. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)