John Kerry's First Wife Has Passed Away [View All]

[liberalpragmatist]

This may have been posted here earlier, but I can't find anything. According to a diary on Daily Kos (take with a grain of salt, although it seems credible), Sen. Kerry has cancelled an appearance in LA and is listed in the congressional record as absent due to "family illness"

Julia Thorne, author and ex-wife of Sen. Kerry, dead at 61

April 28, 2006

BOSTON --Julia Thorne, an author and the former wife of U.S. Sen. John Kerry, has died of cancer at a friend's home in Concord. She was 61.

Thorne, who died Thursday, wrote the 1993 book, "You Are Not Alone: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey through Depression," with Larry Rothstein. She also wrote, "A Change of Heart: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey through Divorce," published in 1996.

Her first book told her experience with depression, something she suffered from during much of the 1980s. She later founded The Depression Initiative, a nonprofit education foundation.

"She was a phenomenal mother," Vanessa Kerry, of Cambridge, told The Boston Globe. "And she affected many others, too. So many people have come up to me over the years, even on the campaign trail, to say how much of a difference her books made for them."

John Kerry called Thorne "a great friend to a lot of people."

"She was the best mom two daughters could want," he said. "She was completely committed to the kids and their future."

> http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/28/julia_thorne_author_and_ex_wife_of_sen_kerry_dead_at_61/

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