Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll has died.

Gov. Ed Rendell saidKnoll died about 6 p.m. at National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C. She was 78.

Knoll, who at age 72 became the first woman to be elected as the state's lieutenant governor, was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer in July and began radiation and

chemotherapy treatments.

She returned for the start of the fall Senate schedule in September. But she showed signs of fatigue and, on Sept. 22, announced she would heed the advice of doctors, family

members and colleagues and take time off.

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