Bernie Sanders' daughter-in-law Raine Riggs dies

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Bernie Sanders' daughter-in-law dies at 46 after cancer diagnosis.

Published 10:48 AM EDT Oct 9, 2019

The daughter-in-law of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has died, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. Rainè Riggs was 46. The Lee & Martin Funeral Home in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, says Riggs died Saturday, the day Sanders returned to Vermont after suffering a heart attack. Her obituary said she was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer.

Riggs, a neuropsychologist, was married to Levi Sanders, who ran unsuccessfully for a New Hampshire congressional seat in 2018. Riggs' obituary says she met Levi Sanders while the two worked at an emergency food shelter in Vermont. The obituary said Riggs was the director of behavioral medicine at Dartmouth Medical School for several years, and she started the Palliative Care Department for Dartmouth Medical Center. She also owned Riggs Geriatric Psychology in Windsor, Vermont.Screenshot shows online obituary for Raine Riggs, who died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2019, after being diagnosed with cancer. She was married to Levi Sanders, son of Sen. Bernie Sanders.

 

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