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East Metro. In the end, the return of lung cancer she thought she'd beaten four years ago finally did what political opponents and the people she skewered on her radio show never could: Silence "Babs.

Carlson was married first to Barbara Duffy, with whom he had three children, the oldest of whom died as an infant in He then married Joanne Chabot in and Susan Shepard in Susan Carlson kept her job when her husband became governor, making the Carlsons the first .

By James Walsh. Barbara Carlson's was a life lived large, loud and, seemingly, without a filter. In a career that boldly swerved from real estate to Minneapolis city politics to the bombast of talk radio, the self-described "broad" often said or acted on whatever came into her head. Carlson, 80, died Monday, surrounded by loving family and friends.

But, damn, I was a fun mother,' " Carlson's daughter, Anne, said Monday afternoon. Paul's University Club in February after she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Nearly people — from new neighbors to lifelong pals — were there. Barbara Duffy was born in Anoka, where her father ran the local lumberyard. In a story that detailed how she'd gone broke after a lifetime of comfort that included live-in help, Carlson said her father treated her lavishly.

Carlson was married to Barbara Carlson (née Duffy) from to After their divorce she became known in her own right as a Minneapolis city councilwoman and talk show personality.

When he wanted to go out to dinner, he'd take me. And we went to nice places where I'd wear white gloves. She added: "I've always just spent. My first words were 'Charge it. She became a real estate agent and, in , married up-and-coming politician Arne Carlson who was soon elected to the Minneapolis City Council.