 Trad-Helou died from cancer in 1989 and her funeral, attended by many dignitaries, was held on 1 April at the chapel of the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik.Her husband published "Nina, ou la quête de l'impossible" (Nina, or the search for the impossible) in 1991 about her final struggle with disease.The government issued a postal stamp as part of a series on women's firsts in Lebanon which bore her likeness, but it was retracted after it was confirmed she was the second woman to join the bar.