<p>I would imagine so, unless the two of them chose otherwise. Hospitals almost everywhere are good about that, with the problems occurring only when there are other, selfish and nasty-minded family members of the ill person who interfere.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.sallyridescience.com/home[/url]”>https://www.sallyridescience.com/home</a>
Sally and Tam met when they were twelve at tennis.
They had a long life together, but 61 is still very young.</p>
<p>It does seem like more people are dying of pancreatic cancer-Steve Jobs, Patrick Swayze, Michael Landon…or maybe it is because it tends to take people in the prime of life.</p>
<p>It does seem that way. </p>
<p>I personally know four people in one family, not blood related however, that have died from PC. (Both parents, a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law.)</p>
<p>And then when you add the high profile people – Steve Jobs, Sally Ride et al – it seems like a LOT of that specific cancer.</p>
<p>I think this is due to the generally late discovery of the cancer, when it is already Stage 4 with mets to the liver. We desperately need a screening test to catch this disease early.</p>
<p>I looked it up, there has been a strong documented increase in pancreatic cancer since 1998. More marked because the survivability doesn’t seem to have improved.
<a href=“http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pancreatic-cancer/ds00357/dsection=risk-factors[/url]”>Pancreatic cancer - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic;
<p>I remember hearing Back in the 80’s that her mother said that one daughter was a minister, and one was an astronaut, and she wondered which would reach the heavens first.</p>
<p>“The obituaries are disclosing that she had a lesbian partner of 27 years, but always kept the relationship private. I’m the same age, and understand that given the era in which she grew up, it would have been a difficult step to come out publicly, but it’s rather a shame that she didn’t take her place as a role model in that area. too. Maybe she will be now.”</p>
<p>One can only ask so much of someone. She was such a public personality, maybe she got weary of giving everything to the fans. Sometimes people just want to keep their private life private, and she surely had the right to make that choice. </p>
<p>Rest in peace, Sally. She was way too young to die.</p>
<p>She was a huge role model for kids and for especially encouraging girls into science.
She had a successful personal life and professional life, I think that is enough for anyone, and those people who are angry after her death that she didn’t give even more, should be ashamed of themselves.</p>
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<p>Make that Dr. Ride.</p>
<p>She had a Ph.D. from Stanford, worked for Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Arms Control, and later was a professor at UC San Diego. </p>
<p>She was the only person to serve on the commissions that investigated both of the space shuttle accidents.</p>
<p>And she was an advocate for science education for children and founded a company devoted to this purpose.</p>
<p>And of course, she flew two space shuttle missions and was the first woman to serve in that role. </p>
<p>Sally Ride accomplished a great deal in her life. She also chose to keep her private life private, apparently because she was, by nature, a private person. That’s fine with me. I see nothing to criticize in her choices and much to admire.</p>