Miriam Defensor was a Filipino academic lawyer, judge, author, and politician who served in all three branches of the Philippine government.
Miriam grew up in a middle-class erudite household with both parents having higher educational attainments. She was the eldest among her siblings.
Miriam married Narciso and had two sons with him. She and her husband renewed their wedding vows on their 40th wedding anniversary in 2011.
What did Miriam Defensor Santiago died of?
At the age of 71, Defensor Santiago died in her sleep at exactly 8:52 a.m. on 29 September 2016 while she was confined at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig from lung cancer; several reports cited that Defensor Santiago died in her residence in La Vista Subdivision, Quezon City.