When news of her death at age 86 spread this week, one friend recalled the day Jeannie Malchon loaded all of her papers, charts and things in the back seat of her car as she headed out to yet another meeting. She threw the car in reverse and charged out of the garage, not realizing she had forgotten to close the back door of the car, which was wrenched backward. She got out, ripped the door off of its hanging…
Former Florida Sen. Jeanne Malchon, an outspoken advocate for the elderly and environmental causes, died Sunday. She was 86. According to her family, the cause of death was complications from liver disease. A communications consultant, Mrs. Malchon was appointed to the Pinellas County Commission in 1975 in the wake of a bribery scandal. A Democrat, she ran for the state Senate in 1982, where she was a key sponsor for the Florida Clean Indoor Air Act. She was re-elected twice,…
