Widow of musician Frank Zappa dies at 70
By Associated Press
Oct 7, 2015 9:30 PM CDT
FILE - In this June 4, 2009 file photo, the family of late musician Frank Zappa, wife Gail, from left, son Dweezil and daughter Diva, stand near by the Frank Zappa statue, in Vilnius, Lithuania. Gail Zappa, has died at her Los Angeles home at age 70. Family spokeswoman Marcee Rondan says Zappa was surrounded...   (Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gail Zappa, the widow of music legend Frank Zappa, has died at her Los Angeles home. She was 70.

Family spokeswoman Marcee Rondan says Zappa was surrounded by her children when she died Wednesday. There's no word on the cause of her death.

She was 22 when she married Frank Zappa, a prolific songwriter, musician and head of the band Mothers of Invention. They had four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva.

Frank Zappa died of prostate cancer in 1993. His widow, as head of the Zappa Family Trust, continued to promote his work, putting out dozens of posthumous albums and licensing his image.

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