Newspaper refused to run 87-year-old's obituary that said 'Trump hastened her death'
A Kentucky newspaper issued an apology after it received heavy criticism for refusing to run an obituary for an 87-year-old Democratic woman, who believed President Donald Trump's administration "hastened her death" and which was referenced to in the obituary, according to reports.
Frances Irene Finley Williams' daughter, Cathy Duff, while recalling her mother's statement said: "If I die soon, all this Trump stuff has had an effect."
Duff said that her mother had made the statement six months before her death, according to the Daily Mail. Williams reportedly died on November 21 last year, just before Thanksgiving. The 87-year-old's obituary remembered her as a passionate Democrat who loved Elvis Presley and was known for her talent at bridge playing.
We screwed up. And I'm here to set the record straight. https://t.co/6BCAZ4T1XE
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) January 15, 2019