Margaret Thatcher Dies, Her Life in Photos

Former British prime minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher at a book signing session at Hatchards in Piccadilly, London, on April 3, 2002. (Hugo Philpott/AFP/Getty Images)

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died Monday morning at the age of 87.

Lord Bell, her spokesman, told The Telegraph: “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother, Baroness Thatcher, died peacefully following a stroke this morning. A further statement will be made later.”

The Guardian posted a statement from Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg: “Margaret Thatcher was one of the defining figures in modern British politics.