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Benigno Aquino, son of Philippine democracy icons, dies at 61

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Manila | Benigno Aquino, the only son of the Philippines’ two enduring democracy icons and a former president of the south-east Asian country, died in a Manila hospital on Thursday. He was 61.

Known popularly as Noynoy, he rode a wave of public emotion all the way to the presidency after his mother, Corazon Aquino, died in 2009.

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