Well, the torch is must less than a symbol than the flame that it holds. Back in the day, when Ancient Greece held the Olympics-there a sacred flame was lit from the sunâs rays at Olympia, and stayed lit until the Games were completed. This flame represented the endeavor for protection and struggle for victory..
âAmazing Graceâ Hopper died in her sleep on January 1, 1992 in Alexandria, Virginia. She was laid to rest with full Naval honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Hopper honored. Grace Hopper has received numerous awards in her lifetime, of which only a few can be listed here.
At about the same time he was hospitalized with a recurrence of prostate cancer, with which he had been diagnosed in the early 1990s. According to his death certificate Hopper died of a combination of liver failure and prostate cancer on 29 May 2010 at 8:30 AM in Venice, CA. Link to Wikipedia biography.