Martha Stewart's Sister dies; Is Organ Donor

A heartbroken Martha Stewart was mourning her “extraordinary” kid sister who died Tuesday from a brain aneurysm.

Laura Plimpton, 59, who worked side-by-side with her famous sibling for more than 25 years, died at her Weston, Conn., home, Stewart revealed in an email to her staff.

“My youngest sister, and the youngest of the six Kostyra siblings, Laura Kostyra Plimpton, passed away today in Norwalk Hospital,” the 73-year-old Stewart wrote in the email.

After falling ill, Plimpton was able to call out for help to her husband, Randy, and was rushed to the hospital, but doctors could not save her, Stewart revealed.

“She was an extraordinary employee, mother, wife and sister,” Stewart wrote. "We are so sad, but also happy that Laura had the foresight to donate so many healthy organs to needy people,” Stewart wrote in the email obtained by the Daily Mail.

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