Mourning Mermaid Girl

[tinpra]

In a reality-TV landscape dominated by the bickering of Jon and Kate Gosselin or the antics of wannabe star Richard Heene and his Balloon Brood, it's easy to forget Shiloh Pepin.

The 10-year-old, dubbed Mermaid Girl due to a rare genetic condition, died in a Maine hospital Friday after spending a week in intensive care.

(Read the rest of the blog post at E!Online)

For more extensive reports/news on Shiloh Pepin, check out this article at UPI.com, or general results from Google News.

Comments

[jaguarx13.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's sad. I watched a show about her recently, and was amazed at how well adjusted and positive she was - and determined to be how she was made and not be 'fixed.'

[tinpra.livejournal.com]

I think I saw the same show, or at least just that part of it. She was very determined to happy and accepted as she was.