When the minister died, he chose to stay with his widow, and subsequently their orphans, until he was left without support.

A prime minister has not died in office for nearly 150 years.

Another former minister, Russ Hinze, died while awaiting trial.

The chauffeur had to run about 2 km to the nearest living, but before the doctor arrived, the minister died on the scene.

Old ministers never die - they become directors.

His family, and a French minister, also died in the blast.

It was a traditional that when a minister died, the clergyman who replaced him would marry his widow, or his daughter, depending on their age.

In early 1976 the widely admired prime minister, Zhou Enlai, died.

The former minister died suddenly of a heart attack in December 1960.

He pleaded that Touré had been the cause of all the abuses, and his ministers would have died if they had opposed him.