Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the
US Supreme Court, has died aged 93
She died on Friday morning in Phoenix, Arizona due
to complications related to dementia and a
respiratory illness, a statement by the US Supreme
Court said.
A moderate conservative, Justice O’Connor was
appointed to America’s highest court by former
president Ronald Reagan in 1981.
She served as justice for more than 24 years until
her retirement in 2006.
She left the bench to care for her husband, John Jay
O’Connor, who was battling Alzheimer’s disease.
President George W Bush appointed Justice Samuel
Alito as her replacement.
In a statement, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John
Roberts called Justice O’Connor “a daughter of the
American Southwest” who “blazed a historic trail as
our Nation’s first female Justice.”
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