Health officials: Woman died of H1N1 flu

A 49-year-old woman who died Monday did have the H1N1 flu, and that H1N1 flu is the cause of death, the Rhode Island Department of Health said.

The woman was identified by her family as Leslee P. Silvia. She had several underlying illnesses.

Silvia was the sixth Rhode Islander to die of the H1N1 flu.

According to The Providence Journal the woman was born in Newport, grew up in Middletown, and was living in Riverside at the time of her death. She was one of nine children, including the late Lance. Cpl James Francis Silvia who died in the 1983 bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon.