First woman prime minister dies.

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: October 11, 2000 | Copyright information

Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the world's first female prime minister, died of heart attack yesterday - just minutes after voting in Sri Lankan parliamentary elections. She was aged 84.

Bandaranaike had gone to her home town, Gampaha, 22 miles east of capital Colombo, to vote. She suffered a heart attack in her car on her way home.

Bandaranaike had retired in August, suffering from ill health, to let her daughter - President Chandrika Kumaratunga - appoint a hard-li...

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