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Sonya Peres, wife of Israeli president, dies in Tel Aviv
Jan 20, 2011, 12:19 GMT
Tel Aviv - Sonya, Peres, wife of Israeli President Shimon Peres, has died in her sleep aged 86, Israel Radio reported Thursday.
Famously reluctant to share in her husband's limelight, she did not move to the president's residence in Jerusalem when Peres was elected President in 2007, but instead remained in Tel Aviv.
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