Peggy Mickelberg dies aged 90 Mrs Peggy Mickelberg at Jandakot Airport in 1989. Picture: Giovanni F. Di Source: PerthNow THE mother of Perth's Mickelberg brothers has died aged 90. Peggy Mickelberg fiercely defended her sons Brian, Ray and Peter and drove a successful campaign to have their convictions for the Perth Mint gold swindle overturned. The brothers were framed by detectives and wrongly convicted in 1983 of stealing more than $650,000 in gold bullion. Ray said his mother would be remembered as a strong and remarkable woman ``with immense personal courage. She lost both legs following a car crash. "Everybody loved her," he told ABC radio. She loved her children. The ABC is reporting she died last Friday and will be cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery this Friday.