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Andrei Sakharov's widow, Armenian-born human rights activist Yelena
Bonner dies at 88
June 19, 2011 - 15:38 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Yelena Bonner, an Armenian-born human rights
activist and widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov, has
died, her daughter said early Sunday, June 19. She was 88.
The 88-year-old Bonner died of heart failure Saturday afternoon in
Boston, according to her daughter, Tatiana Yankelevich. She had been
hospitalized since Feb. 21, Yankelevich said.
Bonner grew famous through her marriage to Sakharov, the Soviet
Union's leading dissident, but she carved out her own reputation as a
tireless human rights campaigner in the face of relentless hostility
from Soviet authorities.
After Sakharov died in 1989, and the Soviet Union collapsed two years
later, Bonner continued to champion human rights. She edited her
husband's memoirs, which were released in 1997.
Bonner's remains will be cremated and eventually buried in a Moscow
cemetery alongside her husband, mother and brothers, AP reported.
From: A. Papazian
Bonner dies at 88
June 19, 2011 - 15:38 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Yelena Bonner, an Armenian-born human rights
activist and widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov, has
died, her daughter said early Sunday, June 19. She was 88.
The 88-year-old Bonner died of heart failure Saturday afternoon in
Boston, according to her daughter, Tatiana Yankelevich. She had been
hospitalized since Feb. 21, Yankelevich said.
Bonner grew famous through her marriage to Sakharov, the Soviet
Union's leading dissident, but she carved out her own reputation as a
tireless human rights campaigner in the face of relentless hostility
from Soviet authorities.
After Sakharov died in 1989, and the Soviet Union collapsed two years
later, Bonner continued to champion human rights. She edited her
husband's memoirs, which were released in 1997.
Bonner's remains will be cremated and eventually buried in a Moscow
cemetery alongside her husband, mother and brothers, AP reported.
From: A. Papazian