Jennifer Marie Frey (May 23, 1968 – March 26, 2016) was an American

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Frey was born in

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and grew up in

Allegany, New York Allegany is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 7,493 at the 2020 census. The Town of Allegany is on the south border of the county, west of the City of Olean. There is a village named Allegany inside th ...

, the child of a professor and a schoolteacher. She attended Allegany Central School and as a sophomore began interning for the ''

Olean Times Herald The ''Olean Times Herald'' is a daily newspaper serving the western Twin Tiers region, based in Olean, New York. The afternoon newspaper, one of the few remaining afternoon papers in the nation, is published by Bradford Publishing and is publis ...

''. She went to college at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. After college, Frey interned at the ''

Detroit Free Press The ''Detroit Free Press'' is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the ''Sunday Free Press''. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primari ...

'', then the ''

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''. She went on to write for the ''

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'' and ''

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''. When interning in Detroit, she once approached baseballer

Jack Morris John Scott Morris (born May 16, 1955) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1977 and 1994, mainly for the Detroit Tigers. Morris won 254 games throughout his career. Armed ...

for a clubhouse interview and he responded by stating "I don't talk to women when I'm naked unless they're on top of me or I'm on top of them," The remark further attracted criticism when team president

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called it a predictable remark. In 1995, she joined ''

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'', writing for the sports page, then the style section. Writing of Frey in 1997, David Carr called her "a certified prodigy who can do it all: X's and O's, empathetic profiles, and hard takedowns when the situation requires it." A single mother, Frey had one daughter. Frey was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Frey died of organ failure due to alcoholism on March 26, 2016, at the age of 47.

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