Late Tuesday evening, Matthew Badger’s estate reached a settlement against the town of Stamford, Connecticut, over a Christmas Day fire that claimed the lives of his three daughters and their grandparents in 2011, according to a statement given to People.
Matthew, 51, died in February and his brother, Campbell Badger, took over as administrator of his estate. The fire was at the home of Madonna Badger, Matthew’s ex-wife and the mother of 9-year-old Lily and twins Sarah and Grace, 7, who perished in the fire. Matthew started the nonprofit LilySarahGrace fund in honor of his daughters after their deaths.
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Matthew, 51, died in February and his brother, Campbell Badger, took over as administrator of his estate. The fire was at the home of Madonna Badger, Matthew’s ex-wife and the mother of 9-year-old Lily and twins Sarah and Grace, 7, who perished in the fire. Matthew started the nonprofit LilySarahGrace fund in honor of his daughters after their deaths.
“I appreciate...
- 5/3/2017
- by Nicole Weisensee Egan
- PEOPLE.com
This story originally appeared on People on June 20, 2016.
Madonna Badger is speaking out about the tragic night her three daughters, mother and father all died in a tragic house fire – and how she recovered her will to live.
The advertising executive recalled the 2011 Christmas Eve fire at her Stamford, Connecticut, home that killed her daughters Lily, 9, and twins Sarah and Grace, 7, and her parents Lomer and Pauline Johnson in an emotional talk at Cannes Lions advertising festival reported by Page Six.
“It was Christmas Eve and I stayed up very late wrapping presents, my children were asleep on the third floor,...
Madonna Badger is speaking out about the tragic night her three daughters, mother and father all died in a tragic house fire – and how she recovered her will to live.
The advertising executive recalled the 2011 Christmas Eve fire at her Stamford, Connecticut, home that killed her daughters Lily, 9, and twins Sarah and Grace, 7, and her parents Lomer and Pauline Johnson in an emotional talk at Cannes Lions advertising festival reported by Page Six.
“It was Christmas Eve and I stayed up very late wrapping presents, my children were asleep on the third floor,...
- 2/9/2017
- by Tiare Dunlap
- PEOPLE.com
The architect and electrical contractor that worked on the home where five people, including three children, were killed in a Christmas Day fire have agreed to a $1.2 million settlement to the children's father. Advertising executive Madonna Badger lost her daughters Lily, 9, and twins Sarah and Grace, 7, and her parents Lomer and Pauline Johnson, when the massive fire ripped through her Stamford, Connecticut home. Badger, 51, and her then-boyfriend Michael Borcina, who was also the general contractor on the renovation, both escaped the home and survived. The father of the three girls, Matthew Badger, initially filed suit against Borcina, the city of...
- 9/1/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
The architect and electrical contractor that worked on the home where five people, including three children, were killed in a Christmas Day fire have agreed to a $1.2 million settlement to the children's father. Advertising executive Madonna Badger lost her daughters Lily, 9, and twins Sarah and Grace, 7, and her parents Lomer and Pauline Johnson, when the massive fire ripped through her Stamford, Connecticut home. Badger, 51, and her then-boyfriend Michael Borcina, who was also the general contractor on the renovation, both escaped the home and survived. The father of the three girls, Matthew Badger, initially filed suit against Borcina, the city of...
- 9/1/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
Madonna Badger is speaking out about the tragic night her three daughters, mother and father all died in a tragic house fire - and how she recovered her will to live. The advertising executive recalled the 2011 Christmas Eve fire at her Stamford, Connecticut, home that killed her daughters Lily, 9, and twins Sarah and Grace, 7, and her parents Lomer and Pauline Johnson in an emotional talk at Cannes Lions advertising festival reported by Page Six. "It was Christmas Eve and I stayed up very late wrapping presents, my children were asleep on the third floor, my parents were asleep on the...
- 6/20/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
Madonna Badger is speaking out about the tragic night her three daughters, mother and father all died in a tragic house fire - and how she recovered her will to live. The advertising executive recalled the 2011 Christmas Eve fire at her Stamford, Connecticut, home that killed her daughters Lily, 9, and twins Sarah and Grace, 7, and her parents Lomer and Pauline Johnson in an emotional talk at Cannes Lions advertising festival reported by Page Six. "It was Christmas Eve and I stayed up very late wrapping presents, my children were asleep on the third floor, my parents were asleep on the...
- 6/20/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
The ex-boyfriend of Madonna Badger, who lost her three daughters and her parents to a Christmas Day house fire in 2011, now claims the grieving mother may be at fault for the deadly blaze. In a lawsuit deposition obtained by the Hartford Courant, Michael Borcina is changing his story - saying he previously lied about leaving a bag of ashes believed to have caused the fire in the home's mudroom in order to "protect" his then-girlfriend Badger. "To spare her from carrying the burden that maybe she had done something to hurt her family," he said, according to the Courant. Lily,...
- 5/10/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
The ex-boyfriend of Madonna Badger, who lost her three daughters and her parents to a Christmas Day house fire in 2011, now claims the grieving mother may be at fault for the deadly blaze. In a lawsuit deposition obtained by the Hartford Courant, Michael Borcina is changing his story - saying he previously lied about leaving a bag of ashes believed to have caused the fire in the home's mudroom in order to "protect" his then-girlfriend Badger. "To spare her from carrying the burden that maybe she had done something to hurt her family," he said, according to the Courant. Lily,...
- 5/10/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Four years ago, Madonna Badger suffered an unbearable tragedy. On Christmas Day in 2011, her Stamford, Connecticut, home caught fire, claiming the lives of her three daughters - Lily, 9, and twins Grace and Sarah, 7 - and her parents, Lomer Johnson, 71, and Pauline Johnson, 69. Badger and then-boyfriend Michael Borcina were the only survivors. Now, Badger is back in the spotlight with the launch of a new campaign aimed at fighting the objectification of women in the marketing and advertising world. The campaign, which was created by her New York agency, Badger and Winters, was initially posted anonymously on YouTube two weeks ago with the hashtag #WomenNotObjects.
- 1/26/2016
- by Caitlin Keating, @caitkeating
- PEOPLE.com
Almost a year after the Christmas house fire that killed Matthew and Madonna Badger's three daughters, the father is still grieving the loss of his girls -- and said in a new interview that he considered killing his ex-wife and the man he felt was responsible for the tragedy. Matthew Badger is still incredibly grief-stricken over the loss of his three daughters Lily, 9, and twin daughters Grace and Sarah, both 7, who all perished in a tragic house fire at his ex-wife Madonna Badger's house on Dec. 25, 2011. The fire started hours after Madonna's live-in boyfriend Michael Borcina cleaned out the ashes from their fireplace, and placed them in a paper bag in the mudroom -- and Matthew still blames Michael for the death of their children, as well as her parents, Lomer Johnson, 71, and Pauline Johnson, 69. Just before 5 a.m. on Christmas Day, Madonna's house was engulfed in flames and smoke,...
- 12/3/2012
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
How does one cope with unimaginable loss? In part two of her interview, Madonna says struggles daily with losing her three daughters and parents to the horrific Christmas Day fire. Watch the video below. In the continuation of her first televised interview since the horrific tragedy, Madonna Badger shares the overwhelming grief she still feels every single day. It was the inevitable question: How does Madonna cope with losing Lily, 9, twins Sarah and Grace, 7, and her parents Lomer Johnson, 71, and Pauline Johnson, 69? "A day at a time. Every day I wake up and I have to re-remember," she told Matt Lauer in her interview that aired on Rock Center with Brian Williams June 21. "Every day I have to go through that day and another day starts. It's really just one day at a time." Matt then asks why throughout the interview she spoke about her daughters and parents in the present tense.
- 6/22/2012
- by Lorraine Chow
- HollywoodLife
How does a mother choose from the unthinkable? In her first televised interview, an emotionally wrought Madonna says she had to decide between saving her parents or three young daughters from the horrific Christmas Day fire. Watch the video below. In her first interview since the unspeakable tragedy, a tearful Madonna Badger recalls the day she lost nine-year-old Lily and seven-year-old twins Sarah and Grace, and her parents 71-year-old Lomer Johnson and 69-year-old Pauline Johnson. Madonna sat down with Today and told Matt Lauer how she woke up choking from heavy smoke in her Stamford, Connecticut home and immediately tried to save her family. "I had to decide 'Do I go in and save [my parents] or save my children?" she said. "I ran the other way to save my children." She scrambled up the scaffolding to get to Grace's window on the third floor and opened the window, but a cloud of black smoke hit her.
- 6/21/2012
- by Lorraine Chow
- HollywoodLife
A tearful Madonna shares her tremendous pain and day-to-day struggle after the Christmas Day tragedy that claimed the lives of her three daughters and parents. Watch a clip of her interview below. New details have emerged from Madonna Badger's first-time interview with NBC's Matt Lauer set to air on June 21. The New York Post reports that Madonna has been a "raw nerve" since the horrific Christmas Day fire that engulfed her Stamford, Connecticut home that took the lives of nine-year-old Lily and seven-year-old twins Sarah and Grace, and her parents 71-year-old Lomer Johnson and 69-year-old Pauline Johnson. "My doctors...told me that basically what had happened to me...is that you have these giant nerve endings that connect you and your children," she said to Matt. "But when a tragedy like this happens, it's as if a knife comes and just severs those nerves, and they're gone." She continued: "I'm a raw nerve basically.
- 6/20/2012
- by Lorraine Chow
- HollywoodLife
In the preview clip of her emotional interview with Today, Madonna recounts the horror from the devastating Christmas Day fire -- "I was yelling 'Where are my babies?'" Madonna Badger, who lost three young daughters and her parents in a tragic Christmas Day fire, has spoken out for the first time since the horrific incident. Madonna, who has battled depression and attempted suicide, sobbed as she recalled running for her children, nine-year-old Lily and seven-year-old twins Sarah and Grace, and her parents 71-year-old Lomer Johnson and 69-year-old Pauline Johnson. "[Firefighters] said I had to go right away and I begged them and begged them," she told the Today show. "I'm yelling at them, "Where are my kids? Where are my babies?'" Madonna went on: 'Then somebody said, "Turn off the radios! Turn off the radios!" and then I knew that they must have - I don't know what happened.
- 6/19/2012
- by Lorraine Chow
- HollywoodLife
Matthew is renting out Times Square's New Victory Theater to honor his three children who were killed in a fire Christmas morning. While ex-wife Madonna will be absent, Julianne Moore, Whoopi Goldberg & more will attend. Matthew Badger will throw a charity event for a fund that honors the memory of his young daughters. The Badger family continues to mourn the loss of Lily, 9, 7-year-old twins Sarah and Grace, and their grandparents Lomer and Pauline Johnson who died on Christmas morning in their Connecticut home. “I think it’s going to be wonderful, because they always wanted to be on Broadway,” said Matthew to Page Six. A rep for the benefit confirmed to the publication that his ex-wife, Madonna Badger “knows about the event, but is unable to attend.” Matthew created his Lily Sarah Grace Fund in April to raise support for the arts in schools. It was "a natural evolution out of grief,...
- 6/1/2012
- by Lorraine Chow
- HollywoodLife
While Madonna Badger copes with an unbearable loss, autopsy results for her three children and parents identify how they perished when flames engulfed her Connecticut home Dec. 25. The state medical examiner said Wednesday, via The Stamford Advocate, that Badger's daughters, Lily, 10, and twins Sarah and Grace, 7, and her mother, Pauline Johnson, 69, died from smoke inhalation. Her father, Lomer Johnson, 71, succumbed to blunt trauma to the head and neck after falling from the roof when he tried to save one of his granddaughters. According to the New York Daily News, the funeral for the girls
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- 12/29/2011
- by Erin Carlson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madonna Badger, the fashion advertising executive whose Stamford, Conn., home tragically burned down early Christmas morning, killing her daughters Lily (9), Grace (7) and Sarah (7) and parents Lomer and Pauline Johnson, has made many close friendships in the fashion industry over the years. But few so close as Michelle Kessler-Sanders. Currently executive vice president and creative director of the Vera Wang Group, Kessler-Sanders was accessories director at Vogue for six years, president of Miu Miu at Prada and VP of the accessories division at Donna Karan before her tenure at Vera Wang. Story: Madonna Badger: How The
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- 12/29/2011
- by Merle Ginsberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Top ex- Calvin Klein fashion advertising exec Madonna Badger lost her three young daughters and both parents in a devastating fire in Stamford, Connecticut on Christmas Day. So tragic! The horror of the deadly Christmas Day fire has even shaken up the Hollywood community and Kim Kardashian, 31, took it to Twitter to express her sentiments about a tragedy that no parent should ever have to endure. "My prayers go out to the family of 3 children &their grandparents who lost their lives in a house fire in Connecticut on Christmas," Kim posted on Twitter Dec. 26. The fire broke out shortly before 5 a.m. on Dec. 25 claimed the lives of Madonna's three daughters, Lilly, 10, and, twins Sarah and Grace, 7, as well as her parents Lomer and Pauline Johnson who were staying at her home in Stamford, Conn., for the holiday weekend. Madonna,was famous in the early 1990s as the art director...
- 12/27/2011
- by Nicole Karlis
- HollywoodLife
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