Via the LAT: Corazon Aquino, restored democracy to Philippines
Corazon C. Aquino, the unassuming housewife who toppled a dictator and restored democracy to the Philippines as its 11th president, has died. She was 76.The elegant democracy icon, who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2024, was admitted to a hospital intensive care unit in late June after she stopped eating.
Aquino served six turbulent years as president of the Philippines after helping lead hundreds of thousands in a “people power” revolution that brought down the corrupt regime of strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos in February 1986.
The entire obituary is worth a read.
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August 6th, 2024 at 8:03 pm
i give my Condolence to the Aquino family for the death of the former president Corazon Aquino. she is one of the worlds notable icon in the struggle for Democracy and Freedom.