Newt Gingrich Was Emotionally Ravaged by Lady Sybil’s Death

Jessica Brown Findlay as Lady Sybil on Downton Abby Photo: BBC

“We loved Sybil, and in some ways her loss was even deeper than Matthew’s.” —Newt Gingrich, in an extended interview with Vanity Fair on his TV obsession, Downton Abbey. Gingrich said Matthew’s death left him “stunned and then teary-eyed.”