journalists at Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper. Through her work at Daily Nation, she expanded her mentorship to many East African newsrooms, including Uganda's Daily Monitor. Later life Linnee returned to the United States in 2015, moving back to Minneapolis to be near her family. She got involved with the East African immigrant community and continued to write, including book reviews for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. She died in Edina, Minnesota in 2017 after a brain cancer diagnosis. References 1942 births 2017 deaths People from Sioux City, Iowa People from St. Louis Park, Minnesota University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni Journalists from Iowa Journalists from Minnesota Associated Press people Deaths from brain cancer in the United States Deaths from cancer in Minnesota