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Lee Wei Ling, 69, passes away
She passed away at home, according to her younger brother Lee Hsien Yang.
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Tan Xing Qi
October 09, 2024, 07:09 AM
Lee Wei Ling, daughter of founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, passed away at home on Oct. 9, said her younger brother Lee Hsien Yang.
He wrote: "At our father's funeral in 2015, Ling closed her eulogy thus 'I can't break down [and cry], I am a Hakka woman.' Ling, I am less stoic than you."
He called for no flowers and for well-wishers to donate to the following charities, meaning for his elder sister: Canossa Mission Singapore, Parkinson Society Singapore and Total Well-Being SG Limited.
"Extremely unwell"
Lee Hsien Yang described Lee Wei Ling to be "extremely unwell" in his latest Facebook post on Mar. 7, 2023. She went public in August 2020 when she was diagnosed with a rare brain disorder.
She wrote this in 2020:
"It would be nice if this entire episode turns out to be a nightmare and that I will wake up.
But it is getting increasingly real and inescapable every day.
My movements are slow and hesitant and I have difficulty getting up from my futon (yes, I upgraded from sleeping on two exercise mats, one on top of the other, to a comfortable futon on top of the exercise mats)."
Top image via Lee Wei Ling/Facebook
