Walsall's Deputy Mayor Catherine Micklewright dies after heart attack

Nov 24 2008 by Steve Bradley, Birmingham Mail

WALSALL Council is in mourning today after the sudden death of Deputy Mayor Coun Catherine Micklewright.

The 78-year-old widow, who was due to become Mayor in May, suffered a cardiac arrest on a bus in Station Road, Aldridge, just after noon on Saturday and died shortly after arriving at Manor Hospital.

Both her family and police are trying to trace a 15-year-old boy who tried in vain to revive her while he waited for an ambulance to arrive.