Maria Amalia Lopez, best known as 'Internet Grandma' died in Muxia (A Coruæa, Spain) aged 97 on 20 May 2009. The granny started blogging in December of 2006 and it didn't take long until she was discovered by the cybernauts.
Maria Amelia Lopez charmed readers with a homely mix of memories and chat at http://amis95.blogspot.com/, including stories of a long life that witnessed Spain's Civil War and years of dictatorship under General Francisco Franco.
Lopez, who dictated her entries to her grandson Daniel because she suffered from cataracts, became a nationally loved figure in Spain and met Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
"My grandson gave me this blog when I was 95 on Dec. 23 2006 and my life changed,“ reads one of her entries. "Since that day I've had 1,570,784 visits from bloggers from 5 continents who have cheered up my old age.“
A banner on her site read "Rest in Peace“, with nearly 500 messages mourning her death.
Source: Welt.de
May 22, 2009
SPAIN: Internet blogging great-grandmother, 97, has passed away
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BERLIN, Germany / Die Welt / May 22, 2009
A Spanish great-grandmother whose blog attracted tens of thousands of readers from around the world has died aged 97 in the northern Spanish province of La Coruna.
Maria Amalia Lopez, best known as 'Internet Grandma' died in Muxia (A Coruæa, Spain) aged 97 on 20 May 2009. The granny started blogging in December of 2006 and it didn't take long until she was discovered by the cybernauts.
Maria Amelia Lopez charmed readers with a homely mix of memories and chat at http://amis95.blogspot.com/, including stories of a long life that witnessed Spain's Civil War and years of dictatorship under General Francisco Franco.
Lopez, who dictated her entries to her grandson Daniel because she suffered from cataracts, became a nationally loved figure in Spain and met Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
"My grandson gave me this blog when I was 95 on Dec. 23 2006 and my life changed,“ reads one of her entries. "Since that day I've had 1,570,784 visits from bloggers from 5 continents who have cheered up my old age.“
A banner on her site read "Rest in Peace“, with nearly 500 messages mourning her death.
Source: Welt.de
Maria Amalia Lopez, best known as 'Internet Grandma' died in Muxia (A Coruæa, Spain) aged 97 on 20 May 2009. The granny started blogging in December of 2006 and it didn't take long until she was discovered by the cybernauts.
Maria Amelia Lopez charmed readers with a homely mix of memories and chat at http://amis95.blogspot.com/, including stories of a long life that witnessed Spain's Civil War and years of dictatorship under General Francisco Franco.
Lopez, who dictated her entries to her grandson Daniel because she suffered from cataracts, became a nationally loved figure in Spain and met Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
"My grandson gave me this blog when I was 95 on Dec. 23 2006 and my life changed,“ reads one of her entries. "Since that day I've had 1,570,784 visits from bloggers from 5 continents who have cheered up my old age.“
A banner on her site read "Rest in Peace“, with nearly 500 messages mourning her death.
Source: Welt.de
