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Madeleine Albright dead at 84: Former Secretary of State passes away after cancer battle

FORMER Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has died after battling cancer.

The family confirmed her tragic passing in a statement on Wednesday.

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has died at age 84AFP – Getty

“We are heartbroken to announce that Dr Madeleine K Albright, the 64th US Secretary of State and the first woman to hold that position, passed away earlier today,” the statement read.

The family went on to confirm that her cause of death was cancer, and said she was surrounded by family and friends when she passed.

“We have lost a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend,” the statement read.

The politician came to the United States from Prague as a refugee in 1948.

From there, she rose in thee ranks of American politics and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.

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