Former British PM Thatcher dies

http://www.euronews.com/ Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died of a stroke at the age of 87. The news was broken by a family spokesperson.

"It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning," said Lord Tim Bell.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said: "It was with great sadness that I learned of Lady Thatcher's death. We have lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister and a great Briton."

Cameron's office said he was cutting short a visit to several European countries to return to London because of Thatcher's death.

Queen Elizabeth said she was sad to hear the news of Thatcher's death and sent a message of sympathy to her family.

Britain's only woman prime minister, the tough, outspoken Thatcher, led the Conservatives to three election victories, governing from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous period in office by a British prime minister since the early 19th century.

Former Polish president and Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa also paid tribute to what he called a "great personality who contributed to the fall of communism in Poland and eastern Europe along with Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II and the Solidarity Union," adding "I pray for her."

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