Goodbye Timi

Last November one of my entries was written about 1960's pop singer Timi Yuro.  This note greeted me this evening when I got home from work:

Hello,

I am very sorry to report to you that yesterday singer Timi Yuro lost her
battle with cancer and passed away, peacefully in her sleep.

"Rosemary" (to her close friends) passed away at age 62 at her home in Las
Vegas at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time, on Tuesday, March 30, 2004. Robert, her
husband, and Isabelle, her roommate and close friend, were with her, along
with two hospice nurses. Private arrangements have been made for her ashes
to be spread on her mother and father's graves in Cicero, Illinois.
I apologize for this somewhat impersonal method of contacting you but
thought you would want to hear this sad news before it is distributed to
the media. I am writing to those who have contacted me after seeing the
articles posted on my web site [www.tsimon.com/yuro.htm] and others who
have expressed interest in Timi, her career, and her ongoing battles with
health problems.

Timi was a very courageous person. She was a born-again Christian and had a
very strong faith in God. She had been in pain for quite some time and is
now at peace.

I spoke with her friend Roger Peacock and her husband, Robert, earlier
today. They are distraught but they acknowledge that Timi is now out of her
suffering and has gone to a better place. She leaves a daughter and three
grandchildren.

Cards and condolences can be sent to her family at this address: Timi Yuro
Family, c/o SOUND 2000, PO Box 54802, Tulsa, OK 74155. They will be
forwarded immediately to Timi's family.

Timi's fabulous voice has been silenced. May she rest in peace.

Tom Simon