Bre Payton, staff writer for conservative news site The Federalist and frequent TV commentator, died Friday, one day after was found unconscious and hospitalized with the flu. She was 26.
Federalist publisher Ben Domenech confirmed Payton’s death. “Bre has passed. We are devastated,” Domenech wrote on Twitter Friday. “Last we saw her, she was her funny, smart, vivacious self. Now lost to us so suddenly.”
Payton was admitted to a San Diego hospital Thursday after a friend found her unconscious and barely breathing in her apartment. After a series of tests, Payton was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, and possible meningitis, according to a CaringBridge fundraising page set up for her.
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