Washington – Sandra Day O’Connor Announces Likely Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

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    FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sandra Day O'Connor. O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday that she has the beginning stages of dementia, “probably Alzheimer’s disease.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Washington – Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, says she has the beginning stages of dementia and “probably Alzheimer’s disease.”

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    O’Connor made the announcement in a letter Tuesday. She said that her diagnosis was made “some time ago” and that as her condition has progressed she is “no longer able to participate in public life.”

    O’Connor, 88, was nominated by President Ronald Reagan and took her seat on the court in 1981. She announced her retirement in 2005.

    O’Connor’s announcement came a day after a story by The Associated Press that she had stepped back from public life.


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    Butterfly
    Butterfly
    5 years ago

    Too bad. She left the bench to care for her husband who then had dementia and
    now she has it!!

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    5 years ago

    She will handle this like she did so much else, with strength and class.