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Former senator Miriam Defensor Santiago passes away at age 71

Former Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago passed away Thursday morning (September 29, 2016) at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig. She was 71. Her husband Atty. Narciso “Jun’ Santiago relayed the sad news.

In 2014, Senator Santiago divulged that she was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.

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Miriam Santiago back in the hospital

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Despite her illness, Senator Santiago has remained in high spirit and even run for the 2016 Presidential election.

(Photo source: Facebook – @Miriam Defensor Santiago / @GMANews)

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