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McMahon dies surrounded by family

Published Monday, Apr 5 2010, 09:04 BST | By Rebecca Davies
Julian McMahon

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Lady Sonia McMahon has died from cancer aged 77.

The Australian socialite and charity worker, whose son is Nip/Tuck actor Julian McMahon, passed away on Friday at St Vincent's Private Hospital in Sydney surrounded by her family.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described McMahon as a "distinguished representative of Australia'', adding: "She was a wife of a prime minister of this country, they lived in the house where we are currently standing this morning.

"So I believe appropriate respects should be paid to her family, appropriate respect to the contribution that she and her husband made to Australia, and understand at a purely human level, this is a day of great sadness for any family.''

It has been reported that McMahon had been battling cancer for the past year.
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