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...visited hospitals and slums and delivered broadcasts in fluent French to the women of occupied France. The end of the war did not bring an end to Elizabeth's challenges. Her husband fell ill in 1947 and five years later died of lung cancer. As the King's widow, she helped her daughter shoulder the burdens attendant upon a queen. The "smiling Duchess" glided with resilient good humor through roughly 10 engagements each month until she was midway into...
...bring an end to Elizabeth's challenges. Her husband fell ill in 1947 and five years later died of lung cancer at 56. As the King's young widow, she found solace in her beloved Scotland, where she purchased the Castle of Mey, which became a favorite retreat. The new role she chose for herself was to help her daughter, then just 25, shoulder the burdens attendant upon a queen...
...Early this summer, the Free Press will publish a collection of slain journalist Daniel Pearl's writings, to be introduced by his widow Mariane, and to contain tributes from his WSJ colleagues. Profits from the book will be donated to a trust for Pearl's widow and child...
...goes with the mission. Roberts, 32, from a suburb of Sacramento, Calif., left a wife and 2-year-old daughter. "He was a great guy," said his sister-in-law Denise Roberts. "His mother said at least she knew he died doing what he loved to do." Valerie Chapman, widow of Air Force Technical Sergeant John Chapman, 36, who lived in Fayetteville, N.C., had the same thought. "You have to love it to do what they do," she said of her husband, who died with Anderson and four others in the fire fight after the Chinook crash-landed...
...geriatric-care agency can place weekly or twice-weekly calls and visit you monthly if you have health concerns. These organizations can also help you find alternative housing, such as assisted living, should you need it. For Minneapolis, Minn., widow Rosalie Alden, 81, a retired physical therapist with no children, the solution is a support network right in her own backyard. Two sets of neighbors take Alden, who has survived cancer and a stroke, to see her doctor and run errands. They have keys to her home and see her almost daily, and one neighbor phones every evening to check...