'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher Dies at 87

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One of the populace ’s most powerful women leaders , former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher die of a slash Monday morning ( April 8) .

" It is with great sorrow that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this sunup , " said Lord Bell as reported byBBC News .

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bear Margaret Roberts , the original " Iron Lady " had a hand in the evenfall of Communism , pushed her Conservative policy unabashedly and even survived an IRA dud attack , raising two kids all the while .

In 2008 , her daughter let out that the former prime minister was suffering from Alzheimer ’s disease ; In 2011 , Meryl Streep ’s portrait of a frail Thatcher in the film " The Iron Lady " drew fire from friends and supporters , the Wall Street Journalreported at the time .

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