LCH occurs in children, often during infancy but also in adults. It is usually a chronic disease and may cause severe disabilities due to brain damage. The diagnosis is made by microscopic examination of a tissue specimen obtained by biopsy.
Confidence votes 2.2K. A May 26, 2008, story in People magazine states that Frankie Valli's daughter, Francine, died young of a drug overdose in 1980. The month and day of her death is not stated in the story.
Published 4:00 am, Sunday, May 29, 2005. Vivian Liberto Distin, the first wife of Johnny Cash and the woman he pledged to remain faithful to in the song I Walk the Line, died Tuesday at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura. She was 71. Ms. Distin died of complications from surgery for lung cancer, said Danny Kahn, manager of singer Rosanne Cash, the oldest of the couple's four daughters. Ms. Distin recalled scratching down the lyrics to I Walk the Line as they came to Cash while they were driving around or at home in their living room, Sharpsteen said.