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FILE - In this May 3, 2007 file photo Barbara Hillary, 75, shows the parka she wore on her trip to the North Pole, as she is interviewed in New York. Hillary, who was in her 70s when she became the first black woman to officially make it to the North and South Poles, has died at 88. Her death was announced on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 on her Twitter account, which said she had gone through “significant health decline in recent months.” It was also announced on her website. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

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