RIP Sunny von Bülow

[AnneMarble]

This just came through as an alert from the New York Times. So far, I've
only seen a breaking news link on the NYT page. Wikipedia has been updated already, but WikiObits still lists her as living. I couldn't find any news articles.

Sunny von Bülow (Martha Sharp Crawford von Bülow) has been in a coma since December 21, 1980. Of course, her husband is now better known than she ever was because he was eventually acquitted of attempted murder. And because he wore leather in Vanity Fair magazine. You can read the article Fatal Charm: The Social Web of Claus von Bülow here (http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1985/08/vonbulow198508) -- don't worry, the notorious picture is small, and the article is by Dominick Dunne.

[BenPanced]

Yahoo has a story on their news page (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081206/ap_on_fe_st/obit_von_bulow).

Never really expected to hear those names again, though.

[JeanneTGC]

CTSG strikes again!

And, wow...in a coma for 28 or so years. Amazing.

And, I now feel ancient, because I remember vividly when this was huge news. Thanks for that. :D

[WendyNYC]

She left a bunch of money for the non-profit I work with, which is fantastic because of all the recent city and state budget cuts. I can't remember the story from the 80s.