memeorandum: Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, Dead at 87 (David Wright/ABCNEWS)

9:55 AM ET, April 8, 2013

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Margaret Thatcher dies — Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died “peacefully” at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced. — David Cameron called her a “great Briton” and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death. — Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990.

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Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:

Margaret Thatcher dies: live reaction and updates — Sort by: — 2.19pm BST — Lord Howe, the Conservative former chancellor, foreign secretary and deputy prime minister whose resignation triggered the leadership contest that brought down Lady Thatcher, told Sky News that Thatcher had the ability …

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Telegraph:

Margaret Thatcher dies of stroke aged 87 — Baroness Thatcher, Britain's greatest post-war prime minister, has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced. — Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed that she died this morning.

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Sky News:

Margaret Thatcher Dies After Stroke — Baroness Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, has died after suffering a stroke at the age of 87. — Her children Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother had died peacefully following a stroke this morning. — Speaking to Sky News …

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Alan Cowell / New York Times:

Margaret Thatcher Dies; Remade Britain — LONDON — Margaret Thatcher, a towering, divisive and yet revered figure who left an enduring impact on British politics, died on Monday of a stroke, her family said. — “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced …

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Richard Allen Greene / CNN:

Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female PM, dead at 87 — Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to become British prime minister, has died at 87, a spokeswoman said Monday, April 8. Known as the “Iron Lady,” Thatcher, as Conservative Party leader, was prime minister from 1979 to 1990.

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Margaret Thatcher, UK's first female prime minister, dies aged 87

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David Wright / ABCNEWS:
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, Dead at 87

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