Former YouTube CEO and longtime Google exec Susan Wojcicki dies at 56

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Susan Wojcicki, the visionary who helped birth Google in her garage and transform YouTube into a global phenomenon, died Friday at 56.

A founding member of Google, Wojcicki was instrumental in building the company's advertising empire and served as YouTube CEO for nearly a decade. Her husband, Dennis Troper, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced her passing, revealing a battle with non-small cell lung cancer.

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