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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 6, 1999

Justice Blackmun, Author of Roe v. Wade, Dies at Age 90

WASHINGTON - Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, whose 1973 opinion in Roe v. Wade extended to women the right to legalized abortion, died Thursday at age 90.

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By David F. Pike
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, whose 1973 opinion in Roe v. Wade extended to women the right to legalized abortion, died Thursday at age 90.
        Blackmun was appoint...

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