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Raisa Gorbachev dies following battle with leukaemia

Morning Ireland: <a href="javascript:showPlayer('gorbachev_av.html?1,null,200,http://www.rte.ie/news/1999/0920/morningireland/morningireland6A.ram')"> Jonathan Steele, Guardian journalist, asseses the contribution of Raisa Gorbachev to world politics live from Moscow
9.00 News: <a href="javascript:showPlayer('gorbachev_av.html?2,null,200,http://www.rte.ie/news/1999/0920/9News/9News11A.ram')"> Margaret Ward reports on the life of Raisa Gorbachev
6.00 News: <a href="javascript:showPlayer('gorbachev_av.html?3,null,200,http://www.rte.ie/news/1999/0920/6News/6News8A.ram')"> Margaret Ward reports on the life of Raisa Gorbachev
1.00 News: <a href="javascript:showPlayer('gorbachev_av.html?4,null,200,http://www.rte.ie/news/1999/0920/1News/1News7A.ram')"> Margaret Ward reports on the life of Raisa Gorbachev

Monday, 20 September 1999 21:42

Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of the former Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev, has died after a long battle with leukaemia. Mrs Gorbachev, who was 67, had been undergoing treatment since July at a clinic in the German city of Munster. Her husband had spent much of that time by her bedside. Doctors had hoped to carry out a bone marrow transplant, but Mrs Gorbachev was too ill to undergo the operation.