[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 38 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Page 1779]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Death of Raisa Gorbacheva

September 20, 1999

    Hillary and I were saddened to learn of the death of Raisa 
Maksimovna Gorbacheva, wife of former Soviet leader Mikhail S. 
Gorbachev. We extend our deepest condolences to her family and friends 
in Russia and other countries. The example she set, through her help for 
child victims of leukemia and through her own courageous struggle 
against this terrible disease, was an inspiration to people everywhere.