Brees mother passes away in Colorado

[HPF Bob]

59-year-old woman tries to shake down a bunch of restaurants in Austin and Houston last month, gets caught and gives up her claim, then dies less than a month later with no details as to what happened to her. My antenna says "possible suicide". Was the skakedown a cry for help or just a cry for money?

A few other tidbits. Mrs. Brees had a falling out with her famous son when she decided to run for office a few years ago - as a Republican - by using Drew Brees' name in campaign literature as a tacit endorsement. Drew Brees made her stop. Her brother, Marty Akins, besides being a former UT quarterback, once ran for statewide office (forget which office) as a Democrat but lost in the primaries.

Ah, lawyers. Can't live with 'em. Can't live without 'em.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

59-year-old woman tries to shake down a bunch of restaurants in Austin and Houston last month, gets caught and gives up her claim, then dies less than a month later with no details as to what happened to her. My antenna says "possible suicide". Was the skakedown a cry for help or just a cry for money?

A few other tidbits. Mrs. Brees had a falling out with her famous son when she decided to run for office a few years ago - as a Republican - by using Drew Brees' name in campaign literature as a tacit endorsement. Drew Brees made her stop. Her brother, Marty Akins, besides being a former UT quarterback, once ran for statewide office (forget which office) as a Democrat but lost in the primaries.

Ah, lawyers. Can't live with 'em. Can't live without 'em.

I agree it sounds like a possible suicide.

I find it funny she awarded the Austin Bar Association's 2005 professionalism award for legal ethics and professionalism.

statesman's

Brees received the Austin Bar Association's 2005 professionalism award for legal ethics and professionalism. In 2006, she came within 22,168 votes of being elected to the state 3rd Court of Appeals in 2006, losing to Republican incumbent David Puryear by 4.5 percentage points. Brees ran as a Democrat