Life & LuxuryArts & CultureLiterature‘Bob met his match in her’: Blanche d’Alpuget rememberedSep 9, 2026 – 12.06pmBob Hawke “met his match” in Blanche d’Alpuget, a friend of the couple has recalled after the biographer and later wife of Australia’s 23rd prime minister died on Wednesday.D’alpuget’s family released a statement confirming the journalist and author had died, aged 82, after suffering complications from influenza.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Latest In Arts & CultureFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In Life and luxury
‘Bob met his match in her’: Blanche d’Alpuget remembered
The biographer and wife of former prime minister Bob Hawke has died after complications from influenza.
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