what she, herself was suffering from in the last decade give or take, and today when the supreme court announced her death, it noted she died at age 93 and died from complications, at age 93 died of complications from alzheimer s. kate? joan, she was put in by ronald reagan, and nominated by ronald reagan, but she was considered a swing vote, and sided with most often with the conservatives, but a powerful presence on that urt ccourt, an the american public, and when you are looking at the court today, she is a higher respect of the supreme court, and would you agree? definitely. first of all, she could garner the respect from inside of the room, and conference room, and outside. as i said, you know, she was a poli politician. she was a politician, and came to washington knowing how to count votes, and she had real authority within the court s conference room. she was also like the social glue, and always trying to get her colleagues to do things after hours together, bec