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Cory Aquino has Passed Away
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GB · « **on:** August 01, 2009, 08:39:55 AM »

Former President Corazon Aquino has passed away at 3:18AM on Saturday, Aug 1, 2009. She was 76 years old.

Mrs. Aquino, widow of Senator Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino Jr., was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2008 and has been confined at the Makati Medical Center for a month.

An icon of democracy, Former Pres. Aquino, led a military-backed popular revolt in 1986 that ousted then President Ferdinand Marcos, a dictator who ruled the Philippines for 20 years.

Post Merge: August 01, 2009, 10:17:00 AM

"I extend my deepest condolences to the Aquino family and all the people of the Philippines on the death of former President Corazon Aquino. Cory Aquino was beloved by her nation and admired by the world for her extraordinary courage after the assassination of her husband, and later, during her service as president. She helped bring democracy back to the Philippines after many years of authoritarian rule with a faith in her country and its people that never wavered. Like millions of people worldwide, Bill and I were inspired by her quiet strength and her unshakable commitment to justice and freedom. We join the American and Filipino people in honoring her life and memory."
-Hillary Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State
Aug. 1, 2009

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Cory Aquino has Passed Away

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Cory Aquino has Passed Away

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