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First Word: Margaret Thatcher has died at age 87

Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died Monday morning from a stroke at age 87.
/ Source: The Last Word

Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died Monday morning from a stroke at age 87.

Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died from a stroke at age 87. Standing by President Reagan’s side during the Cold War, Thatcher was beloved by many Americans, especially among conservatives. In a statement issued Monday by the White House, Obama said Britain’s first woman prime minister showed “our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that can’t be shattered.”