Susan Francis Klebold is an American activist and author whose son, Dylan Bennet Klebold, was one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School shooting in 1999.
10 Facts About Sue Klebold
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Sue Klebold was born on March 25,1949, in Columbus, Ohio, to Charlotte and Milton Yassenoff and grew up in Bexley, Ohio, along with her older sister Diane and younger brother Philip.
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Sue Klebold started her post-secondary education at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and then transferred to Ohio State University in 1969, where she met Thomas Ernest Klebold, whom she would go on to marry two years later in 1971, at the age of 22.
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On October 23,1978, Sue Klebold's first child was born; Byron Jacob.
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On September 11 1981, Sue Klebold had her second son, Dylan, who attended Columbine High School from 1995 until April 20,1999.
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In 2009, Sue Klebold wrote for Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine, where she repeated that she had no idea that Dylan had been depressed and having suicidal thoughts.
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Conversely, Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was paralyzed in the attack, expressed sympathy for Sue Klebold and commended her for committing to use proceeds from the book to help people with mental illness.
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In 2017, Sue Klebold held a TED Talk discussing her son's involvement in the Columbine High School massacre where she explained the intersection between suicidal thoughts and homicidal tendencies, and her personal experiences both before and after the shooting.
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In July 2021, Sue Klebold appeared on BBC's Storyville, along with other American parents whose children had committed school shootings.
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In 2001, Sue Klebold was diagnosed with breast cancer, which was in remission as of 2016.