Louisville WBB fan is keeping late wife close by during March Madness
Meet this 45-year Louisville women's basketball season ticket holder who is keeping her late wife close by during March Madness at the KFC Yum! Center
Belinda Mills Wright pulled a silver dollar-sized glass pendant shaped like a souvenir pressed penny out of her pocket. It glittered as flecks of grey and sparkly red caught the harsh arena light. The value of this particular pendant, though absent alloy, exceeds any conjurable coin.
Because those grey flecks are her wife Diane Casteel’s ashes. She died Sept. 25, 2023, at age 61.
Wright — a 45-year season ticket holder with Louisville women’s basketball — didn’t know if she could attend games without Casteel in the seat next to her. Thanks to friend Melanie Uhl at Zimmerman Art Glass in Indiana, Casteel is always close by. “Come on, honey,” Wright said, holding Casteel in her right hand, “let’s go to the ACC Tournament .
” Wright graduated Corydon Central High School in 1980 and attended a Louisville basketball camp, where she met the great Darryl Griffith , that same year. She got UofL season tickets in 1981. Wright met Casteel, who lived in Chicago at the time, 22 years later and made her a basketball fan by osmosis.
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