Mary Barber, 49, the Citizen Patriot reporter who has been writing about her surgery to have a tumor removed from near her brain, died Monday afternoon at University of Michigan Hospital.
She suffered three seizures, the last of which led to a heart attack, her doctor said."
"It's a terrible and freaky thing," University of Michigan ear surgeon Dr. H. Alexander Arts said late Monday evening."
Her surgery went really well and, in fact, she did exceptionally well. I was talking to her at lunch about going home (today). There was absolutely no indication this would happen," he said.
By Monetta L. Harrmharr@citpat.com -- 768-4972
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Mary Barber covered the arts and entertainment community in Jackson County. She joined the staff at the Jackson Citizen Patriot in March 2003 after working for 9 years as the features editor for a Wisconsin daily newspaper and for six years as regional news editor for a variety of newspapers. She also was the editorial director for several northern Michigan weekly papers, getting her start in journalism at her hometown newspaper in Roscommon, Mich., where her father was the printer and photographer. She studied jazz piano in college and has participated in community theater. She and her dog, Ella, live in Jackson and take advantage of the city's extraordinary Ella Sharp Park every day. (from the Jackson Citizen Patriot website)
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