Ohio cafe owner Josephine "Ann" Harris took this photo with Obama during breakfast visit; 3 hours later, she DIED

Jul 6, 2012 - 15:20
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Ohio cafe owner Josephine "Ann" Harris  took this photo with Obama during breakfast visit; 3 hours later, she DIED
Josephine "Ann" Harris

An Ohio diner owner served breakfast to President Obama Friday moing — and then dropped dead hours later.

Josephine ”Ann Harris, the owner of Ann’s Place in Akron, hugged Obama as her staff served the President a meal of eggs, bacon, grits and wheat toast just after 8 a.m.

But soon after the President departed to continue on his campaign swing, the 70-year-old Harris complained of fatigue and a tingling feeling, according to the Akron Beacon Joual.

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President Obama talked with patrons of Ann's Place in Akron, Ohio, on Friday, a few hours before the restaurant’s owner died.

The great-grandmother was taken to a hospital — and died of an apparent heart attack at 11:15 a.m.

”I’m sure this was her highlight, her sister Frankie Adkins, told the newspaper. ”She loved Obama.

The Obama campaign did not immediately comment about the sad development.

Obama started the second day of his tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania in Akron and he — and the traveling press pool — made an unscheduled stop at the diner before the President’s first speech of the day in nearby Boardman.

Obama had breakfast with three Goodyear Tire employees who work at a local factory and mingled with the staff and patrons.

He hugged Harris and told the diner owner that his grandmother was named ”Ann, according to the Beacon Joual.

Obama posed for a photo with Harris and her family before he departed on his campaign bus. Harris told the Beacon Joual that she was ”ecstatic with the visit.

It was not immediately known if Harris suffered from any long-term health issues.

Obama’s final event of the day was an outdoor speech in Pittsburgh delivered hours later in sweltering temperatures that neared 100 degrees.

More than a dozen people passed out from the heat, though none of their conditions were considered life-threatening, according to officials.

 

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Mike Gallagher Freelance writer with a passion for travelling