It was a story that made national headlines the mid 1990s, when Washington state elementary school teacher Mary Kay Letourneau was arrested and went to prison for having sex with her 6th grade student Vili Fualaau.
Now she has died at the age of 58 after a battle with stage four colon cancer, her attorney tells TMZ. Despite their age gap and the tabloid notoriety around their relationship, Mary Kay and Vili married in 2005 after having two children together. “Mary was a client, a good friend, a wonderful mother, and a force of nature.
She was brilliant and dedicated to her work and family. She overcame seemingly insurmountable odds with panache and humility.
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