a representative

“Her defining act: weeks after losing her youngest son, Teddy, in the November 28, 2004 plane crash, she delivered his eulogy as a note to each of her other children and her husband, giving them words to heal. Even in the deepest grief of her life, she put everyone else first. Days after the crash she sat with Tim Russert to thank the people who had reached out and to tell them the family was okay.”

a representative · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-27

The representative's statement described how Saint James coped after her son Teddy died in a 2004 plane crash.

“She brought that same fire and positivity to everything that followed, and never lost it,”

a representative · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-27

The representative's statement continued, praising Saint James's enduring positivity after her son's death.

“She never met a stranger. Every person she met became the most important person in the room at that moment, from a fellow board member to the clerk at the shoe store, who usually walked away knowing her entire life story,”

a representative · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-27

A representative of Susan Saint James spoke to People magazine following her death from pancreatic cancer at age 80.