Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died of a stroke at the age of 87, her spokesman Lord Bell has announced.
Baroness Thatcher led the British government from 1979 to 1990. The 87-year-old had been suffering from dementia for some time and passed away peacefully this morning from a stroke.
Lord Bell's statement said: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning. A further statement will be made later."
According to the BBC, Thatcher spent her final days in the Ritz Hotel in London to make it easier to care for her.
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