Roxie Campanella, widow of (Brooklyn!) Dodgers Hall of Fame catcher Roy, died last week at age 77. An excerpt from the LA Times article by Bill Plaschke:
Several years ago, while visiting with Roxie, I wondered whether there was any part of her that was relieved that Roy had left for a world where surely he could stand and run again.She began crying.
"Of course not," she said. "I miss him. I miss him every day. He was never a burden, never once. How can someone you love ever be a burden?"
Soon, I, too, was crying, mourning my pathetic ignorance.
