On the couch with her computer on her lap, Penny Whetton's distinguished life came to a sudden end

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Climate scientist and senator's wife Penny Whetton dies suddenly, aged 61

The wife of Victorian Greens Senator Jane Rice, renowned climate scientist and transgender woman Penny Whetton, has died suddenly, the senator has announced.She led climate projections for the CSIRO and was a lead author of several significant international reports on climate changeIn a post on Facebook

, Senator Rice said her partner of almost four decades died"suddenly and apparently peacefully" at their house in Sisters Beach, Tasmania, last Wednesday. She was 61. "She was alone, having arrived at Sisters on Tuesday to spend a week or two while I was in Canberra," Senator Rice wrote in the post. "The last anyone heard from her was early Wednesday evening, and she was found on Thursday morning, still sitting on the couch, computer on her lap.

"She was in her favourite spot in one of her favourite places in the world — a lovely place to pass away, but just 20 years too early!"Penny and I had been a team for almost 38 years. She was my rock, my best friend, my biggest fan. She was proud of me and I of her."

 

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Saved fro impending disaster. GodPlusYou.

Probably told too many lies.

Rather than wasting space they could write 'transgender woman' as 'bobbittee'.

I guess they won't get to see their beech house go under water, or be held legally accountable for their lies when it doesn't. 😐

So very sorry for your loss. 😢

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