The family said she died at home from lung cancer, adding she never smoked and suffered from mental illness for five years.<\/p>\n
Bailey's record time of 10.98 seconds in the 100 for Canadian women was set in 1987 and still stands.<\/p>\n
She was part of the silver medal-winning 4×100 team at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau\/status\/1422658354715967491<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Beezersun\/status\/1422230144496902157<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/charmainecrooks\/status\/1422307105130774528<\/a><\/p>\n Bailey's medal-winning relay team members \u2014 Marita Payne, Angella Taylor-Issajenko and France Gareau \u2014 paid tribute to her in a statement, calling her "a tremendous competitor on the track."<\/p>\n Bailey also won silver medals in 4×100 relays at the Commonwealth Games in 1978, 1982 and 1986.<\/p>\n Her thrilling battle in the relay with Raelene Boyle of Australia at the '82 Commonwealth Games was brilliantly captured in a photograph at the time.<\/p>\n She holds Canada's indoor track record for the 200 at 23.32 seconds. She competed in the 4×100 relay and 100 metres at the 1988 Seoul Games.<\/p>\n She was inducted into the Athletics Ontario Hall of Fame in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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