Jehan Sadat, widow of assassinated Egyptian president, dies aged 87

Jehan Sadat, widow of assassinated Egyptian president, dies aged 87
Jehan Sadat, widow of assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat Amr Nabil/AP)

Jehan Sadat, widow of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, the first Arab leader to make peace with Israel, died in Egypt aged 87.

In recent weeks, the Egyptian press reported that Ms Sadat had been in an Egyptian hospital and battling cancer.

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