(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — If your commute includes the Kennedy Expressway, you probably have seen Veronica Wolski or the political signs she used to hang on an overpass at Foster.
The so-called "Bridge Lady" is the COVID-19 patient whose treatment sparked a campaign of letters and emails targeting Amita Resurrection Hospital.
Veronica Wolski in 2017Steve Miller
Doctors there refused to treat her with the drug ivermectin, which anti-vaccine activists have touted as a coronavirus treatment, even though regulators have not approved it.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports Wolski died early Monday at the age of 64 from pneumonia connected to COVID-19.
WBBM Newsradio profiled the Jefferson Park resident in 2017, when she supported Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and encouraged motorists to basically throw all of the other bums out of office.
A sign at Foster and Kennedy says "We Love You Veronica"WBBM Newsradio
"I am the daughter of a criminal defense attorney, and my father also told me and ingrained in me to stand up for what I believe in," Wolski told reporter Steve Miller.
More recently, the Sun-Times reports, Wolski became aligned with the QAnon conspiracy movement and questioned COVID-19 vaccines.
Horns honked along the Kennedy Expressway Monday as friends of Wolski put finishing touches on a memorial, including flowers and an American flag, atop the overpass.
Two of the friends declined to talk with WBBM Newsradio; a third said Wolski was a person who had a wide variety of causes and a lot of followers.
