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Kat Wong

Dallas Hayden dies months after Labor leader spouse

Bill Hayden's widow Dallas Hayden has died three months after the former governor-general. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Dallas Hayden, the wife of former governor-general and Labor leader Bill Hayden, has died at age 87, three months after the death of her husband.

The Haydens had been married for more than six decades, and endured the entirety of Mr Hayden's political career as he rose from Labor MP to architect of universal health care to federal opposition leader to governor-general.

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