U.S. SENATOR FRED THOMPSON'S DAUGHTER DIES
Fred Thompson's office says the US senator's daughter died Wednesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Doctors say Elizabeth "Betsy" Thompson Panici died from a severe brain injury resulting from cardiac arrest. She was 38 years old.
Thompson's press secretary says Panici had been sick, but declined to give details. Thompson was in Nashville to be with his daughter at the time of her death.
In a statement, the senator said the family wanted to express their "gratitude to friends who have kept Betsy in their prayers."
Besides her father, Panici is survived by her mother, husband, son and brothers.
Visitation is planned Friday at Nashville's Woodlawn Funeral Home. Services are planned for Saturday at the Brentwood United Methodist Church.