http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...p_on_re_us/obit_von_bulowSunny von Bulow dead after 28 years in coma
NEW YORK - A family spokeswoman says heiress Martha "Sunny" von Bulow has died after almost three decades in a coma that prosecutors tried to blame on her husband. She was 76.
Spokeswoman Maureen Connelly says von Bulow died Saturday at a nursing home in New York City.
Von Bulow spent the past 28 years in a coma after what prosecutors alleged was two murder attempts by her husband, Claus.
He was ultimately acquitted of charges he tried to kill her by injecting her with insulin at their estate in Newport, R.I.
His trials were among the most sensational of the 1980s.
Sunny von Bulow dead after 28 years in coma
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Posts: 4953 (12/06/2008 4:18 PM) |
May she rest in peace.
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orodwen |
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Posts: 20318 (12/06/2008 4:19 PM) |
 I don't remember this but I was somewhat young when it happened. I wonder what her husband is up to these days or if he's even still alive?
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Posts: 14956 (12/06/2008 4:22 PM) |
orodwen wrote:According to Wiki, he lives in London. He writers art and theater reviews. |
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Posts: 42759 (12/06/2008 4:23 PM) Funniest JJBer '06
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I was just telling someone about her the other day, when trying to get them to leave me alone about tanning. There was some documentary/show about her a few
years back and they went on about how young she looked as her skin hadn't been exposed to the sun in 20+ years.
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Posts: 20321 (12/06/2008 4:25 PM) |
Man...I'm now curious as to how he ended up being acquitted.
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Posts: 5397 (12/06/2008 10:47 PM) Friendliest JJBer '09
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Wait were those insulin injections the reason for her coma?? Or was it due to something else?
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Posts: 19175 (12/06/2008 10:49 PM) |
if that were me, i would have wanted someone to off me way before that. good lord.
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Posts: 20403 (12/06/2008 11:14 PM) |
Isn't there a made for TV movie, or just a movie by itself about her and the suspected murder or attempted murder?
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justbrit01 |
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Posts: 2445 (12/06/2008 11:16 PM) |
i would never want to be left in a coma for 28 years, just let me go
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Posts: 9645 (12/06/2008 11:28 PM) |
justbrit01 wrote: Me too. For all intents and purposes, the poor woman really died 28 years ago. She's finally at rest.
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Posts: 10672 (12/06/2008 11:49 PM) |
All I know is Jeremy Irons was FUCKIN' FIERCE in the movie as Claus!!!
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Posts: 6707 (12/07/2008 12:43 AM) |
Wow, she's been in a coma my entire life.
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Posts: 6296 (12/07/2008 1:26 AM) |
man that is a long time, and she didnt die all that time ago. i wouldnt want to 'live' like that, i have never heard of her before anyone got pictures
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Posts: 37251 (12/07/2008 1:38 AM) Most Outspoken '08
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"Claus Von Bulow, that sick son of a bitch!"
'member that? When NSYNC was on SNL? 
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Posts: 1268 (12/07/2008 8:48 AM) |
Dylishis wrote:LOL. I was going to mention that if someone else hadn't. I'll admit that I'm not familiar with that case and the SNL skit was the first thing I thought of when I read the name as that's the only place I can recall ever hearing it. So, sadly, her joke went over my head. Yet, still funny. Poor woman. 28 years is such a long time to be in that state. I wonder what made them keep her on the life support that long. Family decision... her wishes unknown? Anyone know? |
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Posts: 8129 (12/07/2008 4:49 PM) |
Poor woman. Rest in peace.
I remember the movie with Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close. It was a good film. Sad and true story. |
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Posts: 1561 (12/08/2008 8:32 AM) |
Dylishis wrote:No...what skit was that in? |
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Posts: 1269 (12/08/2008 1:37 PM) |
lightah23 wrote:The Deerfield Academy one. (I may be wrong on the name) They're in the all-boys school and it's w/ Joshua Jackson... and his aunt comes in as a guest speaker for career day or something. She drives a bus and takes a bunch of pills. lol. |
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Posts: 24582 (12/08/2008 6:24 PM) |
Ease Your Mind wrote: I remember that! I don't actually remember anything said in the skit, but I do remember the skit. |
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