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Terri Maddox

Posted 2026-04-14 by mhenderson
www.sfgate. com
San Franciso, California

FOSTER CITY / Replacement Nurse Found Dead in Room

July 7, 2000

An Arizona woman who had been working as a replacement nurse during the
nurses' strike against Stanford University's two hospitals was found
dead in her hotel room yesterday, apparently of natural causes, police
said.

The victim, Terri Maddox, 45, of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., was discovered
by her roommate, another nurse and longtime friend who had traveled with
Maddox to the Bay Area last month.

Both women took jobs in place of striking nurses at Stanford's Lucile
Salter Packard Hospital. According to the hospital, they were employed
in the hospital's behavioral medicine unit.

The strike by 1,700 nurses against the children's hospital and Stanford
University Hospital enters its 29th day today.

Foster City Police Lt. Craig Courtin said Maddox appeared to have died
in her sleep. An autopsy has been scheduled by the San Mateo County
coroner's office today to determine the cause of death.

"It's been a tragic day for everyone here," said Ben Drew, hospital
spokesman. Maddox, he said, was "well-liked and made a great impression
on everyone in her unit, both patients and other folks."




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