'Cissy' Marshall dies aged 94

By Naveen Nov 24, 2022

Digavanta Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who worked with the civil rights champion in the Washington NAACP.

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Thurgood Marshall's wife, Cecilia Cissy Suyat Marshall, died on Tuesday at the age of 94, the Supreme Court announced.

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Marshall's husband became the first black judge in 1967 following a career as a civil rights judge.

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Cecilia Suyat was born on 20 July 1928 in Hawaii.

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She then moved to New York City and took night classes at Columbia University to become a stenographer.

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Thurgood Marshall is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, where many other former justices are buried.

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It can be said that her death is very sad.

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