Katy Abraham

Age: 83

Summary: gardening expert who teamed with her late husband George "Doc" Abraham on one of the longest-running shows on American radio with the same hosts whose half-hour call-in show The Green Thumb went on the air on Rochester, New York's WHAM in 1952 and offered practical advice on flowers, fruit bugs, and lawn care along with Doc's down-home humor and her poetry recitations, who also started a syndicated column after World War II that reached 5 million readers in 150 newspapers nationwide and wrote 16 gardening books with Doc.

Cause of Death: Alzheimer's disease

Born: May 1, 1922

Died: May 24, 2005

Location: Naples, New York