Former defence minister George Fernandes passed away on Tuesday following a prolonged illness, his family sources said. Fernandes was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Recently, he contracted swine flu, they said. Fernandes was India’s defence minister in the NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
He had a cold and cough and was taken to the Max Hospital in Saket by his wife, Liela Fernandes, earlier in the day, when doctors said that the veteran leader was already dead.
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