Stormy Summers, a former Adelaide brothel owner and lord mayoral candidate, dies at the Lyell McEwin Hospital. She was described by friends as a 'generous' and 'vibrant' character.
Adelaide brothel owner Stormy Summers has died aged 77 at the Lyell McEwin Hospital after a short illness.
Colourful madam and brothel owner Stormy Summers has been remembered as a "great Adelaide character" after she died late on Sunday."I admired her," he said."She was a very generous woman with lots of chutzpah and she was a character — she was a great Adelaide character.Ms Summers infamously barricaded herself in her Light Square home and business in 2006 after she failed to pay $60,000 in rent to the owner.
"She had the most emancipated policies because she had been a city dweller and dealing with some of the underclass in the city, so she had — as it's been said all day long — she had a heart of gold.""She was a taxpayer … whether her business was legal or not, she was very law abiding, ironically," she said."She kept them healthy and she kept them away from drugs. Her girls were extremely well cared for," she said.
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