Widow of Israeli Late PM Yitzhak Rabin Dies

Leah Rabin, the widow of slain Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 72, Israeli Minister of Regional Cooperation Simon Peres announced.

Leah Rabin had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer for many months and had been in a Tel Aviv hospital since November 3, hospital sources said.

She had been unable to attend memorial ceremonies marking the fifth anniversary of the killing of Rabin by a Jewish extremist on November 4, 1995.



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