Ex-S’porean president S.R. Nathan dies at 92

SINGAPORE, Aug 23, (AP): Sellapan Ramanathan, Singapore’s president from 1999 to 2011, died Monday at age 92, the government announced.

Widely known as SR Nathan, the country’s sixth and longest-serving president was hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a stroke on July 31.

It was his second stroke in less than two years.

“The late Mr Nathan passed away peacefully at Singapore General Hospital on Monday,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.