Jerry Russell, Stage West founder, father of Sen. Wendy Davis, dies
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Jerry Russell, the founder of Fort Worth theater company Stage West and father of state Sen. Wendy Davis died Thursday at of complications from abdominal surgery. He was 77.
Reports of Russells condition started appearing on Facebook two weeks ago. A page on the website Caring Bridge was set up to keep everyone updated on his status.
On Wednesday, the status posted was things are not progressing as well as wed hoped.
Early Thursday morning, Davis, who had postponed her plans to announce whether she would be running for Texas governor in 2014, posted on her Facebook page that Russell died peacefully in the early hours of the morning.
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