Former Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY), who in 1984 became the first woman on a major party national ticket as the Democratic nominee for vice president, has died at age 75 from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that she had battled for 12 years, her family announced in a statement.
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