What is Mark Cady?
[[File:Mark Cady.png|thumb|Mark Cady in 2015]] '''Mark Cady''' (July 12, 1953 – November 15, 2019) was an [[Independent politician|Independent]] American jurist. He was on the [[Iowa Supreme Court]] from 1998 to 2019. From 2011 to 2019, he was the chief justice of the court. He was the author of the court’s opinion in ''[[Varnum v. Brien]]'', which legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa.<ref name=Remembered>{{cite news |url= https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/11/16/iowa-leaders-remember-mark-cady-chief-justice-who-wrote-iowa-marriage-decision/4211666002/ |title= 'He leaves behind a legacy of service and dedication that we should never forget': Iowa's leaders remember Chief Justice Mark Cady |newspaper=Des Moines Register|date=2019-11-16}}</ref> He was born in [[Rapid City, South Dakota|Rapid City]], [[South Dakota]]. Cady died on November 15, 2019 from a [[heart attack]] in [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]], [[Iowa]] at the age of 66.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whotv.com/2019/11/15/iowa-supreme-court-chief-justice-mark-cady-dead-at-66/|title=Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady Dead at 66|date=2019-11-16|website=whotv.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-16|archive-date=2019-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116043250/https://whotv.com/2019/11/15/iowa-supreme-court-chief-justice-mark-cady-dead-at-66/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Pitt | first1=David | title=Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady dies unexpectedly | url=https://apnews.com/b0032565dd174fc1bc1acb5285d64d7e | date=November 16, 2019 | work=[[Associated Press]] | access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Supreme_Court/Supreme_Court_Justices/Chief_Justice_Mark_S_Cady/ Iowa Judicial Branch page for Mark S. Cady] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815064914/http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Supreme_Court/Supreme_Court_Justices/Chief_Justice_Mark_S_Cady/ |date=2017-08-15 }}