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Husband of retired Justice O'Connor dies
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 10:41 AM by Associated Press
John J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, has died.
The court said the 79-year-old O'Connor died Wednesday in Phoenix, Ariz., of complications arising from Alzheimer's disease.
John O'Connor, himself a lawyer, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's nearly two decades ago. His condition deteriorated markedly in mid-decade and when she announced her retirement in 2005, the justice cited the need to care her husband.
The O'Connors were married in 1952 and became a leading couple on Washington's social scene when they moved from Arizona in 1981 following her confirmation as the first woman on the Supreme Court.
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