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Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies of cancer aged 56

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Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki takes part in a debate during the "Paris Peace Forum" at The Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris on November 11, 2021. [AFP]

Tech pioneer and former YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki, who played an instrumental role in the rise of Google, has died at the age of 56 after battling lung cancer, her husband announced Friday.

Wojcicki, one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley, spent nearly two decades helping transform Google from the search engine startup that was launched in her garage to a global tech behemoth.

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