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It seems that infidelity was a touchy topic for Linda Tripp, who was born in New Jersey in 1949. The New Yorker wrote a piece about her called “Portrait of a Whistleblower” in 1998 that offers some contextual background to Linda’s involvement in the Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton scandal. Her father, Albert Carotenuto, and her mother, Inge, reportedly had a tumultuous marriage, and in Linda’s senior year, her father, who was a school teacher, “had an affair with a fellow teacher, J. Lowe Davis, which was apparently one of many infidelities, and her parents quickly divorced.” Linda’s relationship with her father was plagued by conflict.
In October 1971, Linda married Bruce M. Tripp, a soldier who later became a retired Army colonel, according to The New Yorker. It was with Bruce that Linda had her two children, but they separated in 1990.
Fortunately, Linda met Dieter Rausch, an architect who was born in Germany, per Middleburg Life. After many years of knowing each other, they married in 2003, according to a 2015 article from Inside Nova. Rausch and Linda moved to Middleburg and opened a Christmas store called the Christmas Sleigh, the outlet reported. Both wanted a quiet life out in the country.
The Daily Mail reports that because of the coronavirus, there will be no funeral for Linda, but a memorial service will be held at a later date.
Written by: Nicki
