Sen. Sally Fox died early Friday morning after a two-year battle with lung cancer. She was 62.
An attorney, advocate and veteran legislator, Fox earned a reputation as a tenacious advocate for children, the disabled and low-income Vermonters.
“Her heart was as big as the state,” said Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell.
Since she was diagnosed with sarcoma during the 2012 legislative session, Fox fought to continue serving her Chittenden County constituents in the Senate. According to Campbell, he offered several times to move her off the time-intensive Senate Appropriations and Senate Health and Welfare committees, but she declined.
“She said, ‘No, I have work to do and I will do it until I can’t,'” Campbell recalled.
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