Patricia Anne Van Tighem, bear-attack book author, 47, a suicide

Posted: Monday, December 26th, 2005 11:16 pm

CBC News — December 19, 2005 — A Calgary woman who wrote a book about being attacked by a grizzly bear has died in Kelowna, B.C.

Patricia Anne Van Tighem, 47, took her own life. Her family says it was the long lasting effects of the attack 22-years ago that led to her death. … Read full obituary