Gladys Bustamante

Age: 97

Summary: widow of Jamaica's first prime minister Alexander Bustamante (d. 1977) and a staunch supporter of women's and workers' rights who was known as "Lady B" when she married her husband in 1963, a year after Jamaica was granted independence from Britain.

Cause of Death: Fever

Born: March 8, 1912

Died: July 25, 2009

Location: Kingston, Jamaica