RIP Kage Baker (1952-2010)

[Talia]

Keep Kage Baker in your thoughts..
http://tribes.tribe.net/renfairehistorysnobs/thread/c6091923-27e4-438c-ac8e-0e28d596b85d#402bb8f2-e567-471b-9fad-6ed5551c4f2e



_{Mod: Edited original thread title into the text of the post, which was made several days before Baker's death.}

[Heradel]

Baker passed away yesterday:

Kage Baker has passed away this morning after a fierce struggle with cancer. She was best known for her Company novels, including In the Garden of Iden. For months, she had fought the uterine cancer privately, but the tumor spread to her brain.

The Green Man review posted this letter from her sister, Kathleen.

She died at 1:15 this morning. She had begun to have difficulty breathing early this evening; I gave her  atropine and morphine for the breathing problems and the pain, but by about 8 PM she slipped into unconsciousness. The last thing she requested was to have her pillows adjusted – she said she was more comfortable, and after that she said nothing else. She became unresponsive very shortly thereafter, and by her own request, no heroic efforts were made.

SFWA also links quite a nice appreciation here.

I've edited the title of the thread to reflect this.