Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir's wife Siti Hasmah dies at 100

KUALA LUMPUR - Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, died Monday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said. She was 100.

Anwar expressed his condolences and said Siti Hasmah, who died at the National Heart Institute, will be accorded a state funeral. A trailblazer in her own right as one of the country's first ethnic Malay female doctors, she spent her life advocating public health and championing women and children's rights.