SINGAPORE — Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore's first prime minister and mother of its current leader, died Saturday. She was 89.Kwa suffered strokes in 2008 and had been bedridden and unable to speak since then. She is survived by her husband Lee Kuan Yew, sons Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Lee Hsien Yang, and daughter Lee Wei Ling.
Kwa "passed away peacefully at home," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. It did not specify the cause of death. Full story
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