One of the most courageous and talented political figures of the last quarter century, Corazon Aquino, died of cancer on Friday. She was a political aid to her husband a martyred opponent of Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship, and became president in 1986 when the Marcos kleptomaniac regime was overthrown. She helped steer the Philippines to democracy and civil unity, surviving many coup attempts and crises. Very few countries emerging from tyranny have been blessed with that quality of leadership.

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