the New York Times reported. Her husband, John Simpers, said she reportedly got infected recently at a large theater gathering in Branson, Missouri, at which most attendees were maskless.“She had a non-life-threatening Leukemia, so that was the big problem when she got COVID,” Simpers told KTVI Fox 2 in St.
Louis. “Coupled with that, Leukemia is disastrous.”“She is probably one of the most modest people I’ve ever met,” John said of his wife, who played the “Hair” character Shiela. “She knew a lot of people.
I was five hours on the phone on Saturday. Five hours. People calling me, people upset, just all over the place, all over the country.