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==Details== | ==Details== | ||
*'''Name:''' Ann Veronica Simon | *'''Name:''' Ann Veronica Simon | ||
*'''Born:''' February 15, 1968 | *'''Born:''' February 15, [[1968]] (Valentine's [[Wikipedia:Boxing Day|Boxing Day]]) | ||
*'''Died:''' February 24, 2003, {{yp|Berkeley, CA}}; brain/spinal cancer | *'''Died:''' February 24, [[2003]], {{yp|Berkeley, CA}}; brain/spinal cancer | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Ann was known also as Tigger, due to her eternally energetic and bouncy nature. She was [[Woozle]]'s close friend and confidant from 1982 until her death, and much-beloved godmother to [[Anna Nikola]]. She was also a good friend of [[Jenny Hall|Jenny]]'s -- one of the original "Goresum Foursum" (along with Cindy S. and Erika J.) in the [[CFS]] middle school. | Ann was known also as Tigger, due to her eternally energetic and bouncy nature. She was [[Woozle]]'s close friend and confidant from 1982 until her death, and much-beloved godmother to [[Anna Nikola]]. She was also a good friend of [[Jenny Hall|Jenny]]'s -- one of the original "Goresum Foursum" (along with Cindy S. and Erika J.) in the [[CFS]] middle school. | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 15 February 2006
Details
- Name: Ann Veronica Simon
- Born: February 15, 1968 (Valentine's Boxing Day)
- Died: February 24, 2003, Berkeley, CA; brain/spinal cancer
Notes
Ann was known also as Tigger, due to her eternally energetic and bouncy nature. She was Woozle's close friend and confidant from 1982 until her death, and much-beloved godmother to Anna Nikola. She was also a good friend of Jenny's -- one of the original "Goresum Foursum" (along with Cindy S. and Erika J.) in the CFS middle school.
She attended undergraduate school at Brown University from 1985-1989, where she joined King House.
Ann had almost completed graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley at the time of her death; she was granted her degree posthumously.
Links
- Brian's page about Ann's cancer: good photos of Tigger in life
- The Tigger Appreciation Society: from the Hypertwins, updated on Tigger's last living birthday.
- Ann's Writings:
News Tidbits
- 2006-01-19 Mobile phone use not linked to increased risk of glioma brain tumours: Tigger used a cell phone heavily in the last 5 or so years of her life, and I always wondered.
- 2006-01-10 Researchers ... uncover clue to explain invasive brain tumors: glioblastoma multiformae is the type of cancer Tigger had