An 89-year-old Catholic nun who has battled pop star Katy Perry for years over the sale of a Los Angeles convent has collapsed and died while attending court proceedings about the case, according to media reports and supporters.
Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, one of two ageing nuns who were fighting the sale of the eight-acre (three-hectare) convent, died on Friday in Los Angeles county court, Fox affiliate KTTV reported.
Holzman had earlier told KTTV as she entered the courthouse with Sister Rita Callanan: “To Katy Perry, please stop. It’s not doing anyone any good except hurting a lot of people.”
On Saturday a website set up to back the nuns’ legal battle carried a picture of Holzman with the caption” “Rest with the angels our most precious treasure.”
A spokeswoman for Perry, one of the world’s top-selling pop stars, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Los Angeles county medical examiner and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles did not respond to queries about the cause of death.
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