Grete Waitz - Death

Death

Waitz died of cancer on 19 April 2011, aged 57. Waitz was survived by her husband Jack and her brothers Jan and Arild. The Norwegian government later announced she would be buried with government honour at state expense, the sixth woman in Norwegian history to be given this honor.

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