Margaret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister, died of a stroke in 2013 at the age of 87.
Thatcher suffered multiple minor strokes in 2002, and her doctors urged her not to perform any more public speeches. On March 23, she announced the cancellation of her upcoming speaking engagements and stated that she would not take any more. Thatcher died of a stroke on 8 April 2013 at 11:28 BST (10:28 UTC) at the Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly. She'd been residing in an apartment there since December 2012, after having trouble utilising the stairs at her Chester Square home. David and Frederick Barclay, the Ritz's owners and long-time supporters, had asked her to stay.
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