Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid died in hospital on Wednesday aged 69, after a long battle with illness, a party official said.
Wahid, popularly known as Gus Dur, was practically blind, diabetic and had suffered strokes. "Gus Dur just passed away," said Lukman Edy from Wahid's National Awakening Party.
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