“I said ‘What a sad story - not for me, but for her,” said Gareau, a massage therapist based in Ste.-Adèle, Que., after hearing the American had died. Such suffering after becoming pop culture’s punchline for anyone who faked an achievement. Instead, Gareau felt sorrow for the dead woman. After experiencing the fraud in real time 39 years ago - Gareau, the true winner in 1980 - needed no reminders of the facts. The 66-year-old Canadian didn’t dwell on the paragraphs detailing Ruiz’s enduring infamy as the Boston Marathon’s most brazen cheat. Ruiz liked music, had a life partner and, Gareau surmised, was probably a loving person because Ruiz helped to raise children.
Jacqueline Gareau read Rosie Ruiz’s obituary and learned some things.
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