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.
Lynn has survived two of her six children. Her second child and eldest son, Jack Benny, died at age 34 on July 22, 1984, while trying to ford the Duck River at the family's ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.