Former President Benigno Aquino III dies at 61

Former President Benigno Aquino III died on Thursday (June 24) at the Capitol Medical Center. He was 61.

Aquino never married and has no children. He is survived by his sisters Kris, Ballsy Aquino-Cruz, Pinky Aquino-Abellada and Victoria Elisa Aquino-Dee.

The son and namesake of former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., Aquino served as president from 2010 to 2016. Before this, he was a senator from 2007 to 2010.

Aquino entered politics as representative of Tarlac’s second district in 1998. He served for three consecutive terms until 2007.

Aquino rarely appeared in public after his term as President ended. One of his last public appearances was in February 2017, when he joined the commemoration of the People Power Revolution’s 31st anniversary at the People Power Monument.

This story will be updated with more details.

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