Community remembers Marlene Bird
Prince Albert is remembering Marlene Bird as a fighter.
Bird, the victim of a horrific attempt on her life in Prince Albert over three years ago, died this morning in Victoria Hospital after an undisclosed illness. She is survived by two adult daughters and her long-time partner Patrick Lavallee.
“She was very feisty, that much we knew,” Linda Lavallee, Patrick’s sister, told paNOW. “She didn’t let anybody walk all over her… with or without legs. [She was] very, very tough.”
Bird had her legs amputated and was left without much of her eyesight after a violent and disturbing attack. Leslie Black attacked Bird in a downtown alley on June 1, 2014, sexually assaulting then stomping and beating her, before lighting her on fire and leaving the scene.