Chief Justice William Rehnquist dies 10 years ago this hour (Sep 3 2005)


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(Saturday, September 3, 2005, shortly before 11:00 p.m. EDT) — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, 80, died tonight in Arlington, Virginia, of thyroid cancer. Rehnquist was the first Chief Justice to die in office since Fred M. Vinson in 1953.