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Article: LOOKING FOR MEANING IN TRAGEDY.
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2001
- Author:
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SHARON SMITH LOST HER PARTNER, DIANE ALEXIS WHIPPLE, IN A VICIOUS DOG ATTACK. IN AN EMOTIONAL INTERVIEW, SHE TALKS ABOUT WHIPPLE, THEIR LIFE TOGETHER, AND HER QUEST TO CHANGE THE LAW FOR GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES
Late in the afternoon of January 26, Diane Alexis Whipple, a lacrosse coach at St. Mary's College, was opening the door to the apartment she shared with her partner, Sharon Smith, in the exclusive Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. Suddenly she was attacked by two dogs owned by their neighbors. The dogs, Bane and Hera, were a breed known as Presa Canario, and their combined weight was over 230 pounds, more than twice Whipple's own. Police say ...