Dan Rather’s wife Jean Rather has died at the age 89 following a battle with cancer, friends of the family announced in a Facebook post Tuesday.
‘Today is the saddest of days for Dan and the extended Rather family,’ the post read. ‘Jean Rather, Dan’s wife, passed away at their home in Austin, Texas, early this morning.
‘She had been on hospice care for some time, but the news still comes as a shock for those of us who knew and loved her.
The statement continued: ‘Please keep the Rathers in your thoughts. Jean lived a full life as an incredible wife, mother, friend, and artist – and a true Texan.’
An obituary put out by the family noted that Jean was ‘surrounded by loving family and friends and her beautiful artwork’ at the time she passed away Tuesday.
The family said that Jean’s ’cause of death was cancer.’
Dan Rather’s wife Jean Rather has died at the age 89 following a battle with cancer , friends of the family announced in a Facebook post Tuesday. Pictured in 2013 in NYC
Jean and Dan, pictured in 2017 in NYC, shared a 67-year marriage
Jean’s family noted in the obit that she was as ‘a very accomplished artist’ whose ‘paintings and collages were shown in galleries and private collections across the United States.
‘She attended art classes at American University and Mary Mount Manhattan College,’ the obit stated. ‘Through careful study of master artists’ paintings and sculpture in museums in England, France, Italy, Russia, Israel, Greece, Turkey, and Southeast Asia, Jean created a unique contemporary philosophy and style.’
Jean had been New York City’s Painter Member and Vice Chair of the Art Commission for an eight-year span, her family said.
Jean had also been affiliated with nonprofit organizations such as the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, UT Press, and the Harry Ransom Center, according to her family.
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