Noam Chomsky's wife Carol has died.

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Carol Chomsky; at 78; Harvard language professor was wife of MIT linguist

By Bryan Marquard
Globe Staff / December 20, 2008

Brilliant and accomplished, Carol Chomsky taught for many years at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and wrote oft-cited articles about how young children learn to read. And yet, she possessed talents that didn't easily fit on a curriculum vitae.

"She was a pretty remarkable person," said Judith Chomsky of Philadelphia, who is married to the younger brother of Dr. Chomsky's husband, Noam. "She was very athletic, and, until she was ill, she was fishing and water skiing and doing things people wouldn't normally associate with her. She played the accordion. She could fix a car. She was mechanical. I mean, she was the one who fixed everything at the house."

Through her work in language development and psycholinguistics, Dr. Chomsky also helped young children learn the mechanics of reading, and by doing so gain greater social acceptance in their classrooms. Dr. Chomsky died of cancer yesterday at her Lexington home. She was 78.

"She was a very upbeat, happy kind of a person," said Sylvia Schatz of Burlington, who is Dr. Chomsky's sister-in-law. "She was also a very giving person, of herself and of her thoughts, of her ideas, of her suggestions. And she was very generous, both in material things and with her support and help in many ways."

http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/12/20/carol_chomsky_at_78_harvard_language_professor_was_wife_of_mit_linguist/

Noam Chomsky is a personal hero of mine, and my heart is with the Chomsky family today.

[ulysses]

1. sorry to hear of her passing.

She sounds like she was a remarkable person. Peace to her family and friends.

[grannylib]

2. Oh how sad...my heart goes out to the family as well; a loss is

never easy, but close to the holidays, I think it's especially difficult.

[Odin2005]

3. Oh No!!!

:-( :cry:

[bicentennial_baby]

4. So sad...

:(

My thoughts are with the family.

[Mike 03]

5. So sad. Chomsky has become one of my heroes and I know this is going to be

devastating to him and his family.

Aw, this is very sad.