“We are deeply sorry to report that Dr. Madeleine K. Albright (64th U.S. Secretary of State) has died earlier today,” Albright’s relatives said in a statement posted on her official Twitter page.
They also revealed her cause of death. The cause of her death was cancer. Her family and friends were there for her. We lost a caring mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend.”
Soon after President Bill Clinton was inaugurated, Albright was appointed U.S. ambassador at the United Nations. Three years later, he nominated her to be secretary of state.
In 2012, President Barack Obama presented her with the Medal of Freedom.
Her family proudly announced her death by including many of her achievements: “Madeleine Albright was born Marie Jana Korbelova in Prague. She arrived in America in 1948 as a refugee and rose to the top of American policy-making. In 2012, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the highest civilian honor in the country. She was a tireless advocate for democracy and human rights and was a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She was the founder of the Albright Institute for Global Affairs at Wellesley College and a lifetime trustee for The Aspen Institute.
