Kaye Cowher, the wife of former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher,died Friday- July 23, 2010 after fighting skin cancer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. She was only 54. Her Family and Friends are deeply sad and full of tears.
Kaye Cowher was a native of North Carolina. The Cowhers met when they were classmates at North Carolina State University in 1976. They fell in love with each other and got married in 1981. They lived at North Carolina after their marriage. The Cowhers have three daughters, Meagan, Lauren and Lindsay.
Kaye Cowher and her twin sister Faye were both basketball players at North Carolina State. She played 3 seasons in the Womens Professional Basketball League and later on she left and stopped playing due to other things and wanted to give more time to her husband. Mrs. Cowher is very much concerned and involved in charities for children.
Coach Cowher retired just one year after from winning Super Bowl XL, at the summit of a 15-year career as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
While some suspected financial terms in a contract extension were his reason for resigning as the head coach of the Steelers.
The family has requested privacy and has released no information on Kaye Cowher's death. According to the reports, services will be held in North Carolina on Monday,
