Widow of late Justice Blackmun dies

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WASHINGTON - Dorothy Clark Blackmun, whose late husband wrote the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide, has died. She was 95.

Her husband, Harry Blackmun, served on the high court from 1970-94 and was the author of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling.

The decision prompted death threats, and in 1985 a gunman fired a bullet into the Blackmuns' suburban Arlington, Va. apartment. They were home at the time but not injured.

The couple had wed in 1941 after meeting during a doubles tennis match, and had three daughters. She was a partner in a dress shop in Rochester, Minn., while her husband served on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060717/ap_on_go_su_co/obit_blackmun

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1. RIP (nt)