Virginia Louise "Ginger" Gallagher was the aunt of Frank Gallagher and the owner of the Gallagher house, who died during a party Frank attended, after she overdosed on cocaine. Her death was never revealed to authorities or any of the family as shown when Frank reveals her death to the Gallagher children when a woman from the Office of the Inspector General knocks on their door looking for her. Most of the family had been unaware of her death until then, as Frank had told everyone Ginger was living in a Wisconsin nursing home for 12 years while he collected her Social Security checks. The Gallaghers, with help from Veronica, get a mentally-confused elderly lady out of the old folks' home to pose as Ginger, then return her after the inspector departs. Debbie, even though she participated in