Corazon Aquino, the former Philippine president who ended Ferdinand Marcos’s two-decade rule in the “People Power” uprising of 1986, has died. She was 76.
The Los Angeles Times reported her death today. It said Aquino, who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2008, was admitted to a hospital intensive care unit in June after she ceased eating.
Known as “Cory,” Aquino became the opposition’s rallying point against a Marcos regime dogged by allegations of corruption and human-rights violations. As the economy shrank -- 7.3 percent in 1985 -- she helped lead demonstrations that forced Marcos to call an election in 1986. Aquino joined a council organized to select the opposition’s presidential nominee, then became the council’s choice.
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Cory Aquino Is Dead
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