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- Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has died, the Supreme Court announced.
- O'Connor made history as the first woman to serve on the country's highest court in 1981.
- In October 2018, O'Connor announced she had been diagnosed with dementia.
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who became the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, died on Friday, the high court announced.
She was 93.
The Supreme Court said in a statement that O'Connor died Friday morning in Phoenix, Arizona "of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer's, and a respiratory illness."