Britain's "iron lady" Margaret Thatcher dies at 87

ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION Baroness Thatcher died on Monday (April 8) morning aged 87 following a stroke. The former prime minister, who had suffered bouts of illness for many years, was said to have died peacefully. Her spokesman, Lord Bell, said: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother, Baroness Thatcher, died peacefully following a stroke this morning. Britain's only woman prime minister, the tough, outspoken Thatcher led the Conservatives to three election victories, governing from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous period in office by a British prime minister since the early 19th century. In a statement on the Downing Street Twitter feed, British PM David Cameron said: "It was with great sadness that l learned of Lady Thatcher's death. We've lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister and a great Briton."