SYDNEY — Blanche d’Alpuget, acclaimed Australian writer and widow of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, has died at the age of 82. D’Alpuget died from complications arising from influenza, according to her family. In a final statement released by the family, she said: “Our highest calling and greatest achievement is love, the rule of life. […]

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D'Alpuget's lust for life endured into her senior years. Her family described her as a woman who "lived life on her own terms".