SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP)The 92-year-old sister of boxing great Joe Louis, was found frozen to death outside her apartment at an assisted-living center. The body of Vunies High, who had Alzheimers disease, was found Monday outside The Heatherwood retirement complex in Southfield, a Detroit suburb, said Capt. Tom Colombo of Southfield emergency medical services. High, who spent 25 years as a teacher and counselor for Detroit Public Schools, was last seen Sunday. When she was found, she was dressed only in pajamas and was wearing one shoe, with the other lying nearby. An autopsy shows she died of hypothermia. An official at Swansons Funeral Home in Detroit confirmed that High was Louis sister. A message seeking comment was left Wednesday at The Heatherwood. Southfield police Lt. Nick Loussia told The Detroit News that there was no indication of any crime. Louis, who transcended racial divisions 1930s and 1940s, remains a local hero in heavily black Detroit, where he grew up. The arena where the NHLs This content is protected play bears his name, and one of the citys most famous landmarksa bronze sculpture of an arm and fistis dedicated to his memory. He died in 1981. Don't know if this has been posted or not. What a sad and shitty way to go. Hbo has a doc. on Joe Louis Saturday, a bit of twisted timing.
She was 92 years old! Better to die within a couple hours freezing than having a bunch of tubes down your throat after suffering a stroke or heart attack, or dying of a agonizing slow illness due to old age.
