Stephen Black wrote:
> Last year a student mentioned in class that another teacher had told
> her that Genie had died of cancer. The instructor couldn't remember
> where she had heard this, and I spent considerable time trying to
> verify the rumour, which I couldn't. I believe it's false.
>
> The last news I have on Genie is in a 1993 letter to the N.Y. Times
> from David Rigler (the chief psychologist at the hospital where Genie
> was treated, who brought Genie up for a time as a foster child). He
> said:
>
> "As I write this, Genie is again living in a board-and-care home, this
> time under happier circumstances. Genie visits her mother regularly.
> My wife and I were invited to visit her in the company of her mother.
> Although we had not seen her for more than 15 years, we all of us
> cried as she greeted us by name."
I believe your student's instructor may have misunderstood the news
announcement or the student may have misunderstood the instructor,
Stephen. I seem to recall hearing that Genie's _mother_ had died of cancer
a few years ago, and that is probably the report s/he heard.
Rick
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Rick Adams
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Department of Social Sciences
Jackson Community College, Jackson, MI
"... and the only measure of your worth and your deeds
will be the love you leave behind when you're gone."
Fred Small, J.D., "Everything Possible"
