Editing Sally Ride (section)

== Death ==
When Ride delivered a speech at the [[National Science Teaching Association|National Science Teachers Association Conference]] in San Francisco on March 10, 2011, O'Shaughnessy and a friend noted that she looked ill. Alarmed, O'Shaughnessy had her book a doctor's appointment for the following day. A [[medical ultrasound]] revealed a tumor the size of a golf ball in her abdomen. A follow-up [[CT scan]] at UCSD confirmed a diagnosis of [[pancreatic cancer]]. She underwent [[chemotherapy]] and [[radiation therapy]] to reduce the size of the tumor. Ride had ensured that O'Shaughnessy would inherit her estate when she drew up her will in 1992. They registered their [[Domestic partnership in California|domestic partnership]] on August 15, 2011. On October 27, surgeons removed part of Ride's pancreas, [[bile duct]], [[stomach]] and [[intestine]], along with her [[gallbladder]].<ref name="Sherr2014" />{{rp|pp=301–308}}

Ride died on July 23, 2012, at the age of 61, at her home in La Jolla.<ref name="NBC20120723">{{cite news |last1=Steussy |first1=Lauren |title=Former Astronaut Sally Ride Dies in La Jolla |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/former-astronaut-sally-ride-dies/1929021/ |access-date=December 28, 2016 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date=July 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505182519/https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/former-astronaut-sally-ride-dies/1929021/ |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |location=San Diego, California |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bbcobit">{{cite news |title=Sally Ride, the first US woman in space, dies aged 61 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-18963939 |access-date=July 24, 2012 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=July 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506062946/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-18963939 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cnn-obit">{{cite news |title=Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/23/us/sally-ride-dead/index.html |access-date=May 6, 2021 |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=December 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506063324/https://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/23/us/sally-ride-dead/index.html |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cnet-obit">{{cite news |last1=Harwood |first1=William |title=Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies at 61 |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/sally-ride-first-american-woman-in-space-dies-at-61/ |access-date=July 23, 2012 |publisher=[[CNET]] |date=July 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506063844/https://www.cnet.com/news/sally-ride-first-american-woman-in-space-dies-at-61/ |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Following [[cremation]], her ashes were interred next to those of her father at [[Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica]].<ref name="santamonica">{{cite web |last1=Islas |first1=Jason |title=Barrier-Breaking Astronaut Interred at Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery |url=https://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2012/August-2012/08_08_2012_Barrier_Breaking_Astronaut_Interred_at_Santa_Monica_Cemetery.html |website=Santa Monica Lookout |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203101036/http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2012/August-2012/08_08_2012_Barrier_Breaking_Astronaut_Interred_at_Santa_Monica_Cemetery.html |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |date=August 8, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Her papers are in the [[National Air and Space Museum]] Archives of the [[Smithsonian Institution]].<ref name="si-bio" /> Ride's obituary publicly revealed for the first time that O'Shaughnessy had been her partner for 27 years.<ref name="HuffPo">{{cite news |title=Sally Ride, First American Woman In Space, Revealed To Have Female Partner Of 27 Years |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sally-ride-first-american-woman-female-partner-_n_1696537 |access-date=July 27, 2012 |publisher=[[HuffPost]] |date=July 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505175215/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sally-ride-first-american-woman-female-partner-_n_1696537 |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |location=New York City}}</ref><ref name="BookLinks">{{cite web |last1=Giorgis |first1=Cyndi |last2=Johnson |first2=Nancy J. |title=Talking with Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy |url=http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklist/booklinks/resources/ride |website=Book Links |publisher=[[American Library Association]] |access-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505175653/http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklist/booklinks/resources/ride |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |date=March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> This made Ride the first known LGBT astronaut.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Cindy |title=Dr. Sally Ride honored with statue at Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/dr-sally-ride-statue/ |access-date=12 September 2022 |publisher=CBS New York |date=17 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gohd |first1=Chelsea |title=This Pride, Be Inspired by Sally Ride's Legacy |url=https://www.space.com/40916-sally-ride-pride-inspiration-legacy.html |website=Space.com |access-date=12 September 2022 |date=18 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Moskowitz |first1=Clara |title=The Real Sally Ride: Astronaut, Science Champion and Lesbian |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/recommended-the-real-sally-ride-astronaut-science-champion-and-lesbian/ |access-date=October 29, 2020 |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |publisher=[[Springer Nature]] |date=June 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505182010/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/recommended-the-real-sally-ride-astronaut-science-champion-and-lesbian/ |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The relationship was confirmed by Ride's sister Bear, who said Ride chose to keep her personal life private, including her sickness and treatments.<ref name="BrowardTimes">{{cite news |last1=Abdill |first1=Rich |title=Sally Ride Revealed to Be Gay: Her Sister, on Ride's Life, Death, and Desires for Privacy |url=https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/sally-ride-revealed-to-be-gay-her-sister-on-rides-life-death-and-desires-for-privacy-updated-6459520 |access-date=July 27, 2012 |newspaper=[[New Times Broward-Palm Beach]]  |date=July 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505180827/https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/sally-ride-revealed-to-be-gay-her-sister-on-rides-life-death-and-desires-for-privacy-updated-6459520 |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>