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GYPSY ROSE BLANCHARD

Author's Corner

Gypsy’s Childhood

When Gypsy was just three months old,
her mother believed that Gypsy had Sleep

Apnea, a medical condition in which
repetitive pauses in breathing cause sleep
disruption, and began taking her to

hospitals.
However, after many tests, the doctors

Name: Tanvi Kashyap found no sign of the condition. Dee Dee
continued to believe that her daughter’s

wide range of health issues was the result
of an unspecified chromosomal

abnormality. Gypsy was around seven
years old when her knee was bruised, and
Background Dee Dee gave her a wheelchair.

Clauddine Blanchard was born on
May 3rd, 1967, in Louisiana,

United States. She had been very
stubborn since childhood. When

"things did not go her way", she
would steal to become a rebel. She

was nicknamed “Dee Dee
Blanchard”.When Clauddine was

23 years old, she met 17-year-old
Image 1: 8-year-old Gypsy
Rod Blanchard. They fell in love
Blanchard with her mother Dee Dee
and got married on December 27th,
Source: https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/Gypsy-1-ht-er-
1990. 180103_16x9_1600.jpg
Right before the delivery, the
Gypsy’s Conditions:
couple separated. Rod stated that
he "got married for the wrong
Gypsy endured numerous illnesses like
reasons". They had named their
leukaemia, asthma, and more. Her