Former East German first lady Margot Honecker dies in Chile

FILE - In this July 28, 2008 file photo, Margot Honecker visits the German Hospital during her visit to Managua, Nicaragua, where she won a top Nicaraguan honor for her work in a literacy campaign. Honecker, the longtime first lady of East Germany and the communist state's hardline education minister, died in exile in Chile on Friday, May 6, 2016, according to a friend of the family who is a member of Chile's Communist party. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File) (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 1991 file photo, former East German leader Erich Honecker and his wife Margot walk in a park near the residence where they stay in Moscow, Russia. Margot Honecker, the longtime first lady of East Germany and the communist state's hardline education minister, died in exile in Chile on Friday, May 6, 2016, according to a friend of the family who is a member of Chile's Communist party. (AP Photo, File) (The Associated Press)