Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, died Wednesday, her family said in a statement. She was 84. Her family said she died surrounded by family and friends, and her cause of death was cancer. "We have lost a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend," the family statement said. After serving as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Albright became secretary of state during ...