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Philippine senator and former presidential candidate Miriam Defensor-Santiago has died aged 71.
The former judge succumbed to lung cancer on Thursday morning and "died peacefully" in hospital in the capital city, Manila, said her husband, reports BBC.
Mrs Santiago ran for president in the elections in May, but ultimately lost to Rodrigo Duterte.
Ill health plagued her election campaign but she insisted that she was fit to hold office.
She had also sought the presidency in 1992 and 1998.
The former judge succumbed to lung cancer on Thursday morning and "died peacefully" in hospital in the capital city, Manila, said her husband, reports BBC.
Mrs Santiago ran for president in the elections in May, but ultimately lost to Rodrigo Duterte.
Ill health plagued her election campaign but she insisted that she was fit to hold office.
She had also sought the presidency in 1992 and 1998.
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