Margaret Thatcher dies at 87To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video04/08/2013April 8, 2013Former British PM Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87. Her children say she passed away peacefully in her sleep after a stroke. She was best known for crushing the unions and deregulating the UK economy.https://p.dw.com/p/18C24Advertisement