Mother’s heart disease changed daughter’s life
At age 15, Gail Williams became caregiver for her younger brothers, and stopped attending school to be their surrogate mother
This story was reported under a partnership with the Connecticut Health I-Team, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to health reporting. By Colleen Shaddox CONN. HEALTH I-TEAM WRITER
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Gail Williams was 15 when her mother died of a heart attack.
“The world seemed like it got dimmer, a shade darker than it was,” said Williams, now 60, of New Haven.
The death of Shirley Mae Burgess, Williams’ mother, at age 41 was a shock and a...
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