Patsy Ramsey Age, Death, Husband, Children, Family, Biography

Patsy Ramsey Age, Death, Husband, Children, Family, Biography

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Death Date: 24/06/2006

Age: 49 Years

Death Cause: Ovarian Cancer

Bio/Wiki
Full Name Patricia Ann Paugh Ramsey
Physical Stats
Eye Colour Blue
Hair Colour Blonde
Personal Life
Date of Birth 29 December 1956 (Saturday)
Birthplace Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
Date of Death 24 June 2006 (Saturday)
Place of Death Roswell, Georgia, USA
Age (at the time of death) 49 Years
Death Cause Ovarian cancer
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Nationality American
Hometown Parkersburg
School Parkersburg High School (1975)
College/University West Virginia University
Educational Qualification Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Journalism
Religion Christianity
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death) Married
Affairs/Boyfriends John Bennett Ramsey (Businessman)
Marriage Date 5 November 1980
Family
Husband/Spouse John Bennett Ramsey

Children Son- Burke Ramsey (born on 27 January 1987)
Daughter- JonBenét Ramsey (born on 6 August 1990)
Parents Father- Donald Ray Paugh (Engineer & Manager at Union Carbide)
Mother- Nedra Ellen Ann
Siblings Sister(s)- 2 (both younger)
‱ Pamela Ellen Paugh (won the Miss West Virginia title in 1980)
‱ Paulette Paugh-Davis

Some Lesser Known Facts About Patsy Ramsey

  • Patsy Ramsey liked to participate in debate competitions while studying in high school.

    A childhood photo of Patsy Ramsey

  • While studying in college, she was a member of the women’s fraternity named Alpha Xi Delta.

  • She won the Miss West Virginia beauty pageant in her first year of college in 1977. Reportedly, she had studied the contest the previous year and made notes about it.

    Patsy Ramsey when she won the Miss Virginia title in 1977

  • Her mother got angry when she failed to win the Miss America title.

  • She made headlines when she got married to John Bennet Ramsey  in 1980.

    Patsy Ramsey with John Bennett Ramsey when they got married

  • She later started entering her daughter, JonBenĂ©t Ramsey, in child beauty pageants, and she even won some of those.

    Patsy Ramsey with her daughter, JonBenét Ramsey

  • At the age of 36 in 1993, Patsy Ramsey was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer stage 4.

  • Just one day after Christmas 1996, on December 26, she called the Colorado Police Department and told them that her daughter was kidnapped, and the intruder had demanded a ransom of $118k.

  • 7 hours later, JonBenĂ©t was found in the basement of her house by Patsy’s husband, John Bennett Ramsey. Her murder was the only killing in Boulder, Colorado in 1996.

  • Boulder law enforcement officials later claimed that the parents were also suspects in the murder case. She and her husband defended themselves during interviews and claimed that an intruder killed their daughter.

    Patsy Ramsey with her husband, John Bennett Ramsey, during an interview about her daughter, JonBenĂ©t Ramsey’s murder

  • In 2002, the ovarian cancer returned after 9 years of remission.

    Patsy Ramsey with her husband, John Bennett Ramsey, when she was in remission from the Ovarian Cancer

  • She died at her father’s house because of ovarian cancer while her husband was by her side. Her last words were, “We’re going to get through this.”

  • She was buried next to her daughter at the St. James Episcopal Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.

  • She liked painting and did 18 paintings in 2 months before her death. Most of her paintings were later sold to raise money for the charity.

  • A few months before her death, she and her family founded the Patsy P. Ramsey Ovarian Cancer Foundation.

  • She was fond of hats.

  • In her last public interview, before she died, she said that she would have liked the police to catch the person who killed her daughter, but she would have forgiven the person.

    Patsy Ramsey (middle) during the last public interview before her death

  • Several TV series have been made about her daughter’s murder like ‘Perfect Murder, Perfect Town’ on CBS and the TV movie titled ‘Getting Away with Murder: The JonBenet Ramsey Story’ in 2000. In 2024, a Netflix series titled ‘Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenĂ©t Ramsey’ was released.

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