Wife of Uruguay’s president dies of heart attack at age 82
Posted July 31, 2019 4:02 am.
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — María Auxiliadora Delgado, the wife of Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez, has died. She was 82. Local media reported that she died of a heart attack.
The official website of Uruguay’s presidency confirmed that Delgado died Wednesday, shortly after 1 a.m. (0400 GMT).
A retired civil servant, Delgado had been married to Vázquez since 1964 and they had three children.
Condolences began to flood in to the country’s leader on social media platforms.
The Associated Press
