Kathy Boudin, former Weather Underground radical, dies at 78

Boudin spent more than two decades in prison for her role in a fatal 1981 armored truck robbery north of New York City

Kathy Boudin, a former Weather Underground radical who spent more than two decades in prison for her role in a fatal 1981 armored truck robbery and spent the latter part of her life helping people who had been imprisoned, has died at age 78.

Boudin, who lived in New York City, died of cancer on Sunday surrounded by family, including her life partner David Gilbert, who was released from prison last year for his own role in the infamous Brink's armored truck robbery.