Madeleine Albright dead at age 84

[mbcdefg]

www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/madeleine-albright-first-female-secretary-state-dies-84-rcna21247



Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, died Wednesday, her family said in a statement. She was 84.

She died of cancer, her family said, adding that she was "surrounded by family and friends" at the time.

[fernweh]

Looks like we posted at the same time. I’ll delete my thread.

[notreal]

And yet, Kissinger lives on.


Also, her pins were legendary.

[pinkdutchtulips]

Mar 23, 2022 15:30:00 GMT -5 notreal said:

And yet, Kissinger lives on.


Also, her pins were legendary.

Her brooches were amazing !

[msmerymac]

I gasped when I saw the news. I mean, she WAS 84, and had a life very well lived, but still!

[ECB]

For all the well known/ famous people I’ve seen in my life - we actually saw her twice. Once at a restaurant in DC where she was at the table next to us (which explained the black SUVs out front and the men in black!), then another time we were walking through a DC neighborhood and as we started to cross a street, she drove by!

These were both easily 15-20 years ago.

I hope her family is doing ok. She did have a life well lived.

[spinnaker5]

She was always one of the highest-rated professors at Georgetown (she taught grad students) not only because she was so incredibly insightful but she LOVED engaging with and mentoring students, especially women. She went back to it after leaving the State Dept when she clearly didn’t “need” to. 

And there is a whole book about her jewelry, Broaching it Diplomatically. 

[btdt]

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My daughter's best friend is an Albright Fellow at Wellesley. I have screenshots of her on Zoom calls with Albright.