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title: "Kay Yow, 1942-2009"
date: 2009-01-25T01:38:15-05:00
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[From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Kay Yow, 1942-2009

By Christine Cupaiuolo • January 25, 2009

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Almost two years ago [we pointed](http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2007/03/double-dose-birth-control-prices-increase-new) to a [story about Kay Yow](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/sports/ncaabasketball/18yow.html?ei=5090&en=70ac37fdb3630ba7&ex=1331870400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all), the Hall of Fame women’s basketball coach at North Carolina State, who continued to coach as she received treatment for Stage 4 breast cancer.  
  
  
  
Yow died today in Cary, N.C. She was 66. Read [The New York Times obituary](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/sports/ncaabasketball/25yow.html?ref=sports) of this truly amazing woman and one of the greatest coaches in women's basketball history.

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