ormer British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died of a stroke at the age of 87. The news was broken by a family spokesperson.
"It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning," said Lord Tim Bell.
The British government has said a ceremonial funeral with military honours would be held for Thatcher at London's St. Paul cathedral, although no date was given. Her family had expressed a wish for no state funeral to be held.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said: "It was with great sadness that I learned of Lady Thatcher's death. We have lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister and a great Briton."
