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Alice Hoagland, the mother of 9/11 victim Mark Bingham and beloved mother figure in the global gay rugby movement had died.
Alice Hoagland, a beloved figure of the gay rugby movement that her own son, Mark Bingham, helped set in motion shortly before he perished in the 2001 terrorist attacks as one of the heroes of Flight 93, has died. She was 71. Hoagland, a former flight attendant who became a safety activist while carrying on her son’s athletic legacy, died Dec. 22 in her sleep at her home in Los Gallos, California, after battling Addison s disease, according to longtime family friend Amanda Mark.