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On January 17th, 2003, Denis Thatcher, the husband of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, underwent a six-hour heart bypass operation.

He had been complaining of breathlessness in the weeks before Christmas 2002 and the problem was diagnosed in early January. He left the hospital on January 28th, 2003, and appeared to have made a full recovery.

He visited his son Mark in South Africa in April but by the middle of June, by which time he had turned 88, he again complained of breathlessness and was taken to hospital. There, pancreatic cancer was diagnosed, along with fluid in his lungs.

He died on June 26th at Westminster's Lister Hospital in London.

Denis and Margaret had been married for almost 52 years.

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