She died in 1976 in a car accident. She was 39.<\/p>\n
It was a drunk driver.<\/p>\n
I don’t know the driver’s name, or what happened to him in court, but I hope that he did something useful with his life.<\/p>\n
My mom was a serious bad-ass, at least to the degree that a 4’11” tall woman with juvenile onset rheumatoid arthritis can be. (Trust me, that’s a LOT<\/b>)<\/p>\n
I really wish that I had inherited her singing voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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