Which illness was Cather diagnosed with before her death?
Alzheimer's
Asthma
Breast Cancer
Chronic Bronchitis
Answer
Breast cancer was the illness that Cather was diagnosed with before her death. The diagnosis was made in 1938, when Cather was 61 years old. She underwent surgery to remove the cancerous tumor, but the cancer had already spread to her lymph nodes. Cather died of breast cancer on April 24, 1947, at the age of 66.
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