Temple University acting president JoAnne A. Epps died Tuesday shortly after becoming ill on stage during a memorial service, officials said, describing her loss as a gut punch and struggling through emotion as they recalled her nearly four decades of service.
Epps was attending a memorial service at the university for Charles L. Blockson, a curator of a collection of African American artifacts, when she suffered what a doctor speaking at a news conference described as a "sudden episode."
Ken Kaiser, senior vice president and chief operating officer at Temple, declined to speculate about Epps’ health prior to her collapse, but he called her death a "gut punch for all of us right now."Temple University Acting President JoAnne Epps died suddenly Tuesday after she fell ill during a campus event. FOX 29's Jennifer Lee recently spoke to Epps and joined FOX 29 News at 5 to share more on her impact on Temple.
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