Hazel Hawke
Hazel Hawke | |
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Hawke on a visit to Moscow in 1987 | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia | |
| In role 11 March 1983 – 20 December 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Tamie Fraser |
| Succeeded by | Annita Keating |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hazel Susan Masterson 20 July 1929 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Died | 23 May 2013 (aged 83) Hammondville, New South Wales, Australia |
| Party | Labor |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
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Hazel Susan Hawke AO (née Masterson; 20 July 1929 – 23 May 2013) was the first wife of Bob Hawke, the 23rd prime minister of Australia. She married him in 1956, and supported him throughout his prime ministership (1983–1991); they divorced in 1994. She worked in social policy areas, and was an amateur pianist and a patron of the arts. After she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, she made public appearances in order to raise awareness of the disease.