Sher joins heavenly writing team now
Tom Fruehling called a little more than three years ago with news that a talented writer and editor was interested in joining the Metro Sports Report staff.
Tom, one of the original members of our cast, has an eye for talent, but admitted this friend of his had never been a sportswriter, was not familiar with nightly deadlines and had never dealt with sometimes cranky coaches before.
You might want to give her a chance, he suggested. She's really smart, a terrific writer and has a tremendous knack of getting people to talk openly for her stories.
Her name was Sher Jasperse, and as usual Tom knew exactly what he was talking about.
Sher, our friend and colleague, died Thursday at age 59, a victim of a devastating illness that destroyed her health but never took away her mind and great spirit. A writer to the very end of her days on earth, she even wrote part of her own obituary.
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