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Tunku Abdul Rahman’s eldest daughter Tunku Khadijah dies aged 89

She was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer earlier this year, says her daughter

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 16 Aug 2022 12:48PM

Tunku Abdul Rahman’s eldest daughter Tunku Khadijah dies aged 89
Tunku Khadijah leaves behind three daughters and seven grandchildren following her passing aged 89, yesterday. – Rack Focus Films Facebook pic, August 16, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – Tunku Khadijah, the eldest daughter of the nation’s first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, died of lung cancer at Pantai Hospital, here, yesterday. She was 89.

According to Tunku Khadijah’s daughter Datin Seri Sharifah Menyalara Hussein, her mother breathed her last at 6.50pm.

“She died a few hours after being admitted to the hospital. My mother was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer early this year,” she said when contacted today.

Sharifah Menyalara said her mother’s remains would be brought to the Federal Territory Mosque to be bathed and shrouded prior to the burial at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery.

Tunku Khadijah leaves behind three daughters and seven grandchildren. – Bernama, August 16, 2022

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