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I always miss you and and I cry when I think of you. I loved you very much still and when I think of you it makes me stronger!
Love,
Greta
Greta Bendimez
March 30, 2017 | San Diego, CA
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) _ Barbara Warren, one of the world's elite endurance athletes in her age group and one-half of a well-known pair of triathlete twins, has died after breaking her neck in a bike crash at the Santa Barbara Triathlon. She was 65.
Warren, of San Diego, died Tuesday at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital when her family told doctors to take her off a ventilator, her twin sister Angelika Drake told the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Warren crashed her bike on a downhill road about halfway through the 34-mile cycling section of the race on Saturday, race director Joe Coito said.
Warren was paralyzed from the neck down and was breathing with the aid of the ventilator. Drake said her sister told the family by blinking and nodding that she wanted to die.
"I talked to her and she nodded over and over and over again. She wanted to leave," Drake said. "No athlete would like to have a life with only their eyes talking."
Warren's two daughters and her husband Tom were also with her at the hospital when she died.
Warren won her age group in the 2003 Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii. She competed in the race, the world's top triathlon, 13 times and finished in the top five in her age group eight times.
The two sisters alternated riding bikes in the Race Across America, covering 2,983 miles in less than 10 days.
Warren also competed in a seven-day race across the Sahara Desert, and finished a triple Ironman in France that included a 7.2-mile swim, 336-mile bike ride and 78.6-mile run.
Warren was well-loved among younger triathletes.
Michellie Jones, who won a triathlon silver medal in the 2000 Olympics and won the 2006 Ironman World Title, was also a twin who remembered her fondly.
"She always asked about my sister," Jones said. "She understood the bond."
Warren's twin said she lay next to her sister as she died.
"My heart and my soul are gone," Drake said. "She was everything in my life."
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Valenda Newell
January 10, 2017 | Indianapolis, IN
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February 26, 2014
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I cannot think of Barbara without thinking of Angelika and how both of them helped change my life literally and spiritually. Barbara was also a great mother to our two daughters, Ingrid and Katrin. In these days of grief, my deepest condolences to Tom.
Armando Alvarez
September 14, 2008 | Gallup, NM
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We love you Barbara, Melanie, Clyde, Clarence Armando, and Deloris Celia, God Bless you
Barbara was married to my Dad and was my step mother, until they both remarried. Ingrid and Katrin are my half sisters, but I just call them my sisters. I felt very close to Barbara and Angelika most of my life, even though I haven't seen them in years. Recently I received photos from Katrin of her baby and Barbara was in the photo. I was so excited to hear from them. So happy for them. I kept meaning to write or call or email, and a voice inside of me kept telling me to get ahold of Barbara....
Melanie Home Gun
September 14, 2008 | Browning, MT
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I remember being a little girl and wanted to be just like my mom. My mother's fondness memories from Europe and Mexico were with Barbara when they modeled and looked like sisters. Words can't describe what she ment to me.
Greta Bendimez
September 12, 2008 | Bay Park, CA
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I'm so terrybly sorry for your losse,I meet Barbara in mexico city zona rosa back when she owned a model scholl, she was a wonderfull person and caind to me and others. she has finish her labor on this plan I'm very shure that she is with Good, and very happy , witrh my deepest condolences.
David Guerrero
September 12, 2008 | Cancun Q.Roo Mexico.
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Norm, and Prede Roth
We were heartbroken to hear of the tragic news, and loss of our good friend Barbara. Our condolences to the family, and friends that loved her.
" Barbara, you will never know how much your life has impacted so many of us, family, and friends. You certainly have helped structure, and helped those you cared about. Your incredible life has inspired us and your loved ones as you shared your love, joy, deep spirituality, and giving us such a wonderful role model to admire you forever.We have...
Norm, and Prede Roth
September 10, 2008 | Georgetown, TX
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When I heard the news of Barbara's passing, my heart broke. It has been well over ten years since I've seen or talked to Barbara, but I could never forget how vibrant, warm and friendly she was. Being that I was close friends with her daughter Katrin when we were kids, I spent a lot of time in their home, and I will always remember how generous Barbara was and how she treated me like family. I even remember that when I would sleep over there she'd kiss me goodnight and say she loved me ...
Trish Fogle (formerly Fresquez)
September 09, 2008 | Madera, CA
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