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WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) -- A 77-year-old Wisconsin woman died of kidneyfailure related to E. coli poisoning a week before reports surfaced ofa 20-state outbreak connected to bagged spinach that has sickeneddozens, her son said Friday.
Marion Graff, of Manitowoc, died of kidney failure Sept. 7 at St.Vincent's Hospital in Green Bay, Russell Graff told The AssociatedPress. The kidney failure was caused by an E. coli infection, he said.
Health officials are still asking the family questions to determine howhis mother, whom he described as active and healthy, contracted E.coli, said Graff, 51, of Fitchburg.
"She liked her lettuce. She liked her spinach. She liked her fresh fruit," he said.
The news was first reported by the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter,which confirmed the death through the Manitowoc County HealthDepartment after receiving permission from the woman's family.
The department confirmed to The AP that the county had the state's only fatality connected to the outbreak.
The death is the only known one so far in the outbreak, which
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