Andrea Gibson, poet and the subject of an award-winning documentary, dies at 49

LOS ANGELES — Andrea Gibson, a poet, activist and subject of the documentary film “Come See Me in the Good Light,” died on Monday following a four-year fight with ovarian cancer. They were 49.

According to an announcement made on Instagram, Gibson died on Monday at their Longmont, Colorado, home at 4:16 a.m., “surrounded by their wife, Meg, four ex-girlfriends, their mother and father, dozens of friends, and their three beloved dogs.”

The post also included a quote from Gibson: “Whenever I leave this world, whether it’s sixty years from now, I wouldn’t want anyone to say I lost some battle. I’ll be a winner that day.”…

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