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What illness forced Thurgood Marshall to retire from the US Supreme Court?
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Thurgood Marshall suffered from congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease, both of which ran in his family. The problem was compounded by his weight, diet, and refusal to quit smoking and cut down on alcohol consumption, longtime habits he found impossible to break. He also had damage to his heart from a series of minor heart attacks that began in 1976.
Marshall's colleagues urged him to retire in 1979 after a fall down the Supreme Court steps resulted in two broken arms, but he stubbornly refused, insisting he intended to serve his entire life term.
Eventually, Marshall's heath declined to the point that he could barely function and was no longer capable of withstanding a rigorous schedule. His decision may have been influenced by the retirement of his good friend, Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., several years earlier, and by his belief that he wouldn't live long enough to have a Democrat appoint his successor.
Marshall died in 1993, the day after President Bill Clinton's inauguration.
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