Dear Ann Landers,
am a nurse who saw a 37-year-old woman die today. She left three young children. That woman didn't have to die. She starved herself to death. They call it anorexia nervosa. The poor

dear weighed 60 pounds. Her body was just a skeleton, but she had the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. I saw pictures of her when she was 25 and she was truly gorgeous. I first heard of anorexia in your column. Please continue to tell your readers how dangerous it is to starve, just to be thin. Keep telling them that this insidious practice can turn into a compulsion-a mental ill-ness-and the result can be death. -Sad in Sandusky Dear Sad,
I've been harping on this subject for ages, urging every-one who suspects she is a candidate to get professional help at once. The same for bulimia-binging and vomiting. Both illnesses can be life-threatening.