Madeleine Albright, first female US Secretary of State, dies

Madeleine Albright, the first woman to become US Secretary of State in 1997, died at the age of 84. The news of her death, caused by a tumor, was given by her family on Twitter. Born Marie Jana Korbelova, Albright emigrated from Prague to the United States in 1948, making a career in American politics before becoming Secretary of State under former President Bill Clinton.

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