Helena Carr, the wife of former NSW premier Bob Carr, has been remembered as a brilliant businesswoman and political spouse whose charm, quick wit and sense of humour won her easy friends and helped cement her husband’s rise and decade-long tenure as the state’s leader.
A month after the Malaysian-born manufacturing executive collapsed and died suddenly from a brain aneurism in Vienna, the former premier’s wife of more than 50 years was farewelled at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
