What is John Jay O'Connor?
{{Infobox person | name = John Jay O'Connor | image = SandraOconnor and GeorgeWBush May2004.jpg | caption = Associate Justice O'Connor and her husband John O'Connor with President [[George W. Bush]] in May 2004 | birth_name = John Jay O'Connor III | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|1|10}} | birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|11|11|1930|1|10}} | death_place = [[Phoenix, Arizona]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Alzheimer's disease]] | spouse = [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] (1952–2009, his death) | parents = John Jay O'Connor II<br>Sally Flynn O'Connor | occupation = lawyer | alma_mater = [[Stanford University]] <small>([[Bachelor's degree]], 1951 and [[law degree]], 1953)</small> }} '''John Jay O'Connor III''' (January 10, 1930 &ndash; November 11, 2009) was an [[Americans|American]] lawyer and the husband [[United States Supreme Court]] Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], the first woman to serve the court. He had [[Alzheimer's disease]]. Because of the disease, his wife retired from the United States Supreme Court in 2005.<ref name=nyt/> O'Connor was born on January 10, 1930 in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]]. He studied at [[Stanford University]]. He received many college degrees during the 1950s.<ref name=nyt/> O'Connor married Sandra Day O'Connor in 1952, after they met in [[Arizona]].<ref name=nyt/> They had three sons. O'Connor died on November 11, 2009 in his home in [[Phoenix, Arizona]] from Alzheimer's disease, aged 79.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |title=John J. O’Connor III, Husband of Former Justice, Is Dead at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/us/12oconnor.html?hp |work=[[New York Times]]|publisher= |date=2009-11-11 |accessdate=2009-12-07}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-john-oconnor12-2009nov12,0,7012487.story Los Angeles Times: John J. O'Connor III dies at 79; attorney and husband of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor]