Former Soviet Pres. Gorbachev's wife Raisa dies

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Raisa Gorbachev (L) and her husband, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R), paying a visit to Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, in April 1992. Raisa died of leukemia Sept. 20 at a hospital in Germany at 67. She had been hospitalized since July 25.

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