What is Tamara Grigsby?
{{Infobox officeholder |image = Tamara Grigsby.jpg | honorific-prefix = | name =Tamara Grigsby | honorific-suffix = | caption = Grigsby in 2009 | state =Wisconsin | state_assembly =Wisconsin | district =18th | term_start =2005 | term_end =2013 | preceded = | succeeded =Incumbent | party =[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | birth_date ={{birth date|1974|11|19}} | birth_place =[[Pullman, Washington]] | death_date ={{death date and age|2016|3|15|1974|11|19}} | death_place = | alma_mater =[[Howard University]],<br>[[University of Wisconsin&ndash;Madison]] | profession =[[social worker]], [[university professor]] | residence = | spouse =single | religion = | website = }} '''Tamara D. Grigsby''' (November 19, 1974 – March 15, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[social worker]]. She was a university professor from [[Wisconsin]]. She served as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]], representing the 18th Assembly District, from 2005 until 2013. Grigby's staff announced on December 22, 2011 that she was hospitalized in intensive care, battling cancer.<ref>{{cite web|title=State Rep. Tamara Grigsby in intensive care, fighting unknown illness|url=http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/136118213.html|publisher=[[WTMJ-TV]]|access-date=23 December 2011|archive-date=6 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606202432/http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/136118213.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2012, Grigsby announced she would be retiring from the Assembly to recover her strength.<ref>'Two State Legislators Plan To Retire,' '''La Crosse Tribune,''' April 18, 2012, p. B-2.</ref> Her death was announced on March 15, 2016.<ref>[http://www.wisn.com/former-state-rep-tamara-grigsby-dies/38525984 Former state Rep. Tamara Grigsby dies]</ref>