Singapore Enters Week-Long Mourning for Former Leader Lee
Lee Led Singapore Out of the Third World: Bremmer
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Singapore declared a week-long period of national mourning following the death of Lee Kuan Yew, its first prime minister, as state flags flew at half mast and radio stations broadcast some of his most famous comments.
Lee died at 3:18 a.m. on Monday in Singapore at 91 and his body will lie in state at Parliament House from Wednesday after a private family wake Monday and Tuesday, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. The state funeral service on March 29 will be followed by a private cremation ceremony.