Mirabel Rudiger, Hempstead PBA supporter, dies
Photo credit: Handout | Mirabel Rudiger was diagnosed with lung cancer in April and died Dec. 30 at age 70 at a hospice in Vero Beach, Fla., where she lived the past 17 years, her son said.
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Even as she battled a fatal illness, former Northport resident Mirabel Rudiger kept up the good humor that marked her life, her family said.
"It was so like her. She just accepted things. She said there's nothing you can do about it, so sit back and enjoy the ride," her son, Craig Rudiger of Holbrook, said Monday.
Mirabel Rudiger was diagnosed with lung cancer in April and died Dec....
