▁Court ▁ruled ▁gay ▁marriage ▁legal , ▁the ▁ 9 0 - year - old ▁Lyon ▁" la ugh ed ▁and ▁laughed ▁when ▁told ▁the ▁news . ▁' Well ▁how ▁about ▁that ?' ▁she ▁said . ▁' For ▁good ness ' ▁s akes .' " ▁She ▁died ▁on ▁April ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 9 5 . ▁ ▁Background / mar riage ▁Martin ▁and ▁Lyon ▁met ▁in ▁Seattle ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁when ▁they ▁began ▁working ▁for ▁the ▁same ▁magazine . ▁They ▁became ▁lo vers ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁and ▁entered ▁into ▁a ▁ ▁partners hip ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁when ▁they ▁moved ▁to ▁San ▁Francisco ▁together . ▁Many ▁years ▁later , ▁Lyon ▁and ▁Martin ▁re called ▁how ▁they ▁learned ▁to ▁live ▁together ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 . ▁" We ▁really ▁only ▁had ▁problems ▁our ▁first ▁year ▁together . ▁Del ▁would ▁leave ▁her ▁sho es ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁room , ▁and ▁I ' d ▁throw ▁them ▁out ▁the ▁window ", ▁said ▁Lyon , ▁to ▁which ▁Martin ▁respond ed , ▁" You ' d ▁have ▁an ▁argument ▁with ▁me ▁and ▁try ▁to ▁storm ▁out ▁the ▁door . ▁I ▁had ▁to ▁teach ▁you ▁to ▁fight ▁back ." ▁ ▁On ▁February ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Martin ▁and ▁Lyon ▁were ▁issued ▁a ▁marriage ▁license ▁by ▁the ▁City ▁and ▁County ▁of ▁San ▁Francisco ▁after ▁mayor ▁G av in ▁News om ▁ordered ▁that ▁marriage ▁lic