Vanuatu’s President Baldwin Lonsdale dies in Port Vila after sudden heart attack

Vanuatu’s widely revered President, Baldwin Lonsdale, has died after suffering a sudden heart attack in the Pacific island nation’s capital of Port Vila.

Mr Baldwin, who had served as President since September 2014, died in the early hours of Saturday morning aged 67, the Vanuatu Daily Post reported.

Dan McGarry, media director at the Vanuatu Daily Post, said hundreds of people had stood in a vigil held after Mr Lonsdale’s death to pay their respects to the highly regarded head of state…

Source: Vanuatu’s President Baldwin Lonsdale dies in Port Vila after sudden heart attack – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)