RICHMOND PHILANTROPIST DIES AS RESULT OF KENTUCKY STORMS
(Russell County, KY)--An elderly Richmond woman has died as the result of the storms that swept through southern Kentucky over the weekend. According to the Russell County Coroner’s Office, 93-year-old Debra Edelman had lost power on a houseboat on Lake Cumberland and went to a nearby resident for help turning on a generator. Later, Edelman found unresponsive. The preliminary finding is that Edelman died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Edelman was a well-known philanthropist in Richmond. She and her late husband, Jack, had donated more than two million dollars to the Reid Health Foundation. She had also donated to Ivy Tech, Richmond Community Schools, and the Richmond Police Department.
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