Posted AT 1:52 PM EDT on 25/04/06
Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs, the urban expert and social activist who wrote The Death and Life of Great American Cities, died Tuesday morning at Toronto Western Hospital after about a year of up and down health problems.
She was taken to Toronto Western Hospital on Saturday after having suffered what appeared to be a stroke.
The American-born Canadian was 89 years. She was considered one of the most influential critics of urban planning.
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