Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, has died at age 76, her family announced Saturday. "She was the agent of change in Philippine democracy," Ray Donato, the nation's consul-general in Atlanta was quoted as saying by CNN. Aquino, the first woman to lead the Philippines, had been battling colon cancer since March 2008 and died of cardio-respiratory arrest at 3:18 a.m. Saturday (3:18 p.m. Friday ET), said Mai Mislang, a spokeswoman for her son, Philippine Sen. Benigno Aquino III.
