Bre Payton.Photo: Bre Payton/Instagram
Meghan McCain’s husband will honor conservative writerBre Paytonat a funeral service later this month.
Payton, a Fox News commentator and writer for The Federalist, died last month following a sudden illness. She was 26.
“This is not the news I wanted to be sharing to begin the New Year, but it must be done,”Ben Domenech— who founded The Federalist, an online magazine — wrote on his private Instagram account on Saturday.
Domenech added that there would be another service at her alma mater, Patrick Henry College, “the following weekend.”
Meghan McCain and Ben Domenech.Justin Sullivan/Getty
The funeral plans were shared alongside a photo of Payton posing in front of some freshly made pasta while holding up a noodle with one hand and carrying a glass of red wine in the other.
Domenech, 37,previously shared the photoon his Twitter account earlier this week, writing “Miss you kid.”
The FederalistconfirmedPayton’s death on Dec. 28.
“Bre Payton, our beloved staff writer for The Federalist, passed away on Friday in San Diego, California, following a sudden illness,” the online magazine wrote in a statement published on their website.
On the morning of Dec. 28, politician and friend Morgan Murtaugh revealed that she hadfound Payton unconscious.
“24 hours ago I found my friend unconscious and called 911. She’s been in a coma since and really needs a miracle right now. Please if you’re religious at all, send prayers this way. We really need them,” Murtaugh tweeted.
Murtaughlater wroteto her followers that “Bre has passed.”
Payton was battling H1N1, also known as swine flu, and meningitis, Murtaugh shared on Twitter, according toCBS News.
However, “The doctor doesn’t actually know … what caused all of it, and we may never know,” her father George toldInside Edition.
Bre Payton/Instagram
Payton graduated from Patrick Henry College in 2015 with a degree in journalism, according to The Federalist.
She joined the news outlet shortly after and quickly moved up to a political commentator featured on Fox News Channel, Fox Business Channel and OANN.
source: people.com
