William McAnulty
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William Eugene McAnulty, Jr. was an attorney and judge in Louisville, Kentucky who became the first African-American justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court. The son of a mailman, he attended Indiana University and received a J.D. from the University of Louisville.
In June 2007, McAnulty was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to his brain. He blamed his illness on a 40-year smoking habit that he finally kicked in December 2006, saying, "I'm paying the piper. I ain't a victim and I ain't going to whine."
However, after he fell and broke his collarbone, McAnulty stepped down from the bench in early August 2007. He died in his home in Louisville's Highlands neighborhood on August 23, 2007, aged 59.
