Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, dies at 91

Lee Kuan Yew
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Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore, died Monday at Singapore General Hospital. He was 91.

The news was announced by the office of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, his son. Lee had been in the hospital for several weeks battling pneumonia. After a week of mourning, a state funeral will be held for Lee on March 29.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.