Senator Birch Bayhs Wife Dies After Cancer Battle
Fort Wayne Indiana AP at age 45 seven years after mastectomy Marvella Bayh wife of Senator Birch Bayh dies after cancer recurs and becomes terminal Doctors had said she had about one good year to live since February She had written for Good Housekeeping about the illness and supported cancer education and anti smoking efforts with the American Cancer Society The couple kept the illness quiet for reasons of privacy and public figures joined in sympathy