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Emmy Award-winning Hamilton native dies after long battle with cancer

Posted at 7:10 AM, Jul 24, 2017
and last updated 2017-07-24 07:16:49-04

HAMILTON, Ohio -- Ross Senior High School graduate Molly Day Wrigley, 42, died last week after her two-and-a-half year battle with cancer, the Journal-News reports.

Wrigley, after graduating from Ross, attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. After college she embarked on a successful career in television, where she ended up becoming an Emmy Award-winning producer at stations in Nashville and Jacksonville.

In 2005, Wrigley was named one of Nashville’s 25 Most Beautiful People. She was honored for her work with the Nashville Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Jane Day, sister, Lori Day, brother, Tyler Day and brother-in-law Scott Wrigley.

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