Rose Bird - Death and Tributes

Death and Tributes

Bird died on December 4, 1999, at Stanford University Medical Center from complications of breast cancer (which she had fought on and off since 1976) at the age of 63. The California Public Defender's Association established an award in her honor, as did the California Women Lawyers.

Read more about this topic:  Rose Bird

Famous quotes containing the words death and/or tributes:

    “Life folded Death; Death trellised Life; the grim god wived with youthful Life, and begat him curly-headed glories.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.”
    —Jean Genet (1910–1986)