Recently Dead

Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the woman convicted two weeks ago of money laundering and being the "DC Madam," hanged herself today, making good on her vow never to go to prison for running her escort service catering to top Washington pols. The 52-year-old, who left two suicide notes to her family, was found hanging from a nylon rope tied to the ceiling of a shed near her mother's house outside Tampa. (Source; AP photo)

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