Okay, so I saw this question popping up everywhere: “Is Linda Wheeler still alive?” It got me curious, so I decided to do some digging myself. Here’s how it went down:
My Little Investigation
First, I hit up the usual suspects – you know, the big search engines. I typed in “Linda Wheeler” and started scrolling through the results.
It was a bit of a mess, honestly. Lots of different Linda Wheelers! I saw some news articles, some obituaries (for different people, thankfully), and a whole bunch of random stuff.

I narrowed it down by adding things like “journalist” or “Washington Post” to my search, since I remembered that’s where she used to work. This helped a bit, but still no clear answer.
I spent a good chunk of time clicking through different pages. I looked at social media, but didn’t find anything that seemed like the right Linda Wheeler.
I even tried those “people search” websites, but, man, those things are sketchy. I didn’t want to pay for anything, and honestly, I wasn’t sure I’d even get the right information.
Then it occurred to me that, because I remembered she was a journalist at “Washington Post”, so I went directly to find any information about her coworkers or something, but nothing.
Finally,I gave up my online search,because it’s really hard to get a comfirmative result.
So yeah, that’s my story. I tried, I really did, but I couldn’t find a definitive answer. It just goes to show, sometimes the internet doesn’t have all the answers, especially when it comes to people who aren’t super famous.