Janet Reno, First Female U.S. Attorney General, Dies At 78

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Janet Reno, the first female attorney general of the United States, has died of complications from Parkinson’s disease, relatives told the AP and CNN.

She was 78.

A graduate of Harvard Law School, Reno became attorney general under President Bill Clinton in 1993. Clinton issued a statement Monday morning honoring Reno as “an extraordinary public servant” and recalling her greatest contributions under his presidency.

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