Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright has died at the age of 84, confirmsCNN.
She was the first woman to hold this high-level cabinet position.USA Todayreports that the Czechoslovakia-born stateswoman had cancer.
Her death was announced in atweetby her family.
Albright was married to Joseph Medill Patterson Albright from 1959 until they divorced in 1982.
The couple shared three daughters (viaThe U.S. Sun).
