Nancy died of a tumor on her spine in 1972 or 1973.
Susie Gallagher Wells was Nancy's nurse and wrote the following: I never knew Nancy in High School as there were so many people in our class. When she came into the hospital we just became friends. She was one of the bravest people I have ever known. Even at the young age of 19 she smiled and kept the nurses laughing. She introduced me to George Carlin and we would sit in her room and laugh all evening. She was in a lot of pain, but she never complained. I will remember her always. I only wish that as teenagers, we had all realized how short life can be and had gotten to know more of our classmates.