Former UCLA hospital worker who sold records of celebrities dies before sentencing

Ex-California hospital worker in celeb case dies

LOS ANGELES — A former UCLA Medical Center employee who admitted selling medical records of celebrities died in March as she awaited sentencing.

Angel Navarro, Lawanda Jackson’s federal public defender, says his client died from complications of breast cancer on March 24. She was 50.

Jackson was to be sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in December to violating federal medical privacy law for commercial purposes.

Authorities say Jackson sold information on Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett and other high-profile patients to the National Enquirer. The publication was not charged.

Prosecutors on Thursday moved to dismiss the indictment against Jackson after receiving a copy of her death certificate.

Navarro says Jackson regretted her offense, saying “she was a nice lady who made a bad decision for a little bit of money.”