Former president Lee Teng-hui dies‘HERO OF THE ERA’: President Tsai Ing-wen expressed deep sadness at Lee’s passing, and told the government to assist his family with all their needsBy Lin Hui-chin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerFormer president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) passed away at 7:24pm yesterday at Taipei Veterans General Hospital. Former president Lee Teng-hui, who passes away at 97 in Taipei yesterday, is pictured on the cover of Newsweek magazine in 1996. Former president Lee Teng-hui waves to a crowd outside the Presidential Office Building in Taipei on May 20, 2000, after Chen Shui-bian was sworn in as Taiwan’s next president. During his lifetime, Lee underwent 12 stent procedures, 11 for his heart and one for his vertebral artery — installed when he was 92 years old. Former president Lee Teng-hui, in wheelchair, greets guests at a fundraiser for his foundation in Taipei on Oct. 19 last year.

Source: Taipei Times July 30, 2020 15:56 UTC