After her husband died in 1965, also from cancer, she created the Cole Cancer Foundation.
After her husband died of a terminal illness, this artist became an activist in the field of medical advocacy.
After her husband died, Joanne Branham's children bought her a plane ticket to return to Illinois, from Phoenix, Arizona, where she and her husband had retired.
Christine Mills MBE, who launched the Tetbury-based charity in 2003 after her husband died from the disease, said she believed the trust was working to resolve the situation as soon as possible.
Valsamma Mathai came to the United States legally on a limited visa about 12 years ago after her husband died of cancer, leaving her the sole provider for her two sons and ailing mother.
It's a question that Spruill said she has been grappling with since she first learned the truth in 2004, six years after her husband Percy Spruill died.
She emerged on the list in 2008, when she gained total control of the company after her husband, Ken, died in a freak construction accident at their Wisconsin home.
Two years later her husband died after suffering a series of strokes.
After her college professor husband of 46 years died, Betty J.
Her husband died three days after being attacked outside their home and kicked "like a football" by a gang who had been vandalising his car.
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She took over roofing supply ABC Supply after her husband and business partner, Kenneth Hendricks, died in 2007.
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Born in Venice, Ms Gallmann moved to an African farm in 1972 with her second husband and a son from her first marriage, both of whom died shortly after.
Nackey Loeb, who shepherded the paper for many years after the death of her longtime publisher husband William Loeb, died earlier this month.
Another time, a recently widowed woman called to see if she could return some shoes she had ordered for her husband, who had died a short time after receiving them.
Mrs Goodwin died after falling over the edge of the cliff as she and her husband walked their dog near the Belle Tout lighthouse at about 15:00 BST on Saturday.
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On November 10, 2006, she died at home in her husband's arms, just a few days after speaking at a fund-raiser for the Heffter Research Institute, which funded Grob's study.
After returning to Maine, tragedy struck again at age 26 when her husband, Peter Snowe, a state lawmaker, died in a car crash.
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