U.S. District Judge Sandra Townes of the Eastern District of New York, the first black woman appointed to the bench in the district, died last week after a battle with cancer. She was 73.

In spite of Townes’ diagnosis, the trailblazing judge continued to work on her cases, said Eastern District Chief Judge Dora Irizarry.

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