Blanche d'Alpuget dies aged 82
Blanche d'Alpuget, acclaimed Australian author and widow of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, has died aged 82 from COPD. The award-winning writer penned novels including Monkeys in the Dark, The Lion's Torment and Turtle Beach before writing Bob Hawke's biography in 1982, leading to their eventual marriage in 1995. She battled breast cancer following Hawke's death in 2019 before ultimately succumbing to chronic lung disease.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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