Bob Carr, the former Premier of New South Wales, has announced his wife Helena has died while on a trip to Vienna.
In a statement released a short time ago, he revealed his wife of 50-years lost consciousness in his arms as a result of a brain aneurism on Thursday.
Bob Carr says the light has gone out of his life.
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“She was the light of my life, the little friend always there,” he said in a statement. “No one ever smiled more, or with more spirit.
“It is inconceivable I could have won office for my party and held the Premiership for over 10 years without the steadiness of her companionship, her sense of fun and her lambent eyes.”
