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Sad news to all Filipino around the world...

As per Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, announced the death of her mother, Mrs. Corazon Aquino, August 1, 2009.

The mother of democracy in the Philippines is gone. The former president Corazon Aquino died at the age of 76 in Makati Medical Center. Mrs. Aquino has been diagnosed with colon cancer early in 2008 and has been confined at the Makati Medical Center for more than a month.

Mrs. Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., a leading figure in the political opposition against the autocratic rule of President Ferdinand Marcos. After her husband was assassinated upon his return from exile in the United States on August 21, 1983, Aquino, who had no prior political experience, became a focal point and unifying force of the opposition against Marcos. She was drafted to run against Marcos in the 1986 snap presidential elections. After Marcos was proclaimed the winner despite widespread reports of electoral fraud, Aquino was installed as President by the peaceful 1986 People Power Revolution.

It is very sad to lost a great mother...