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Endon binti Mahmood Ambak (Jawi: هند بنت محمود أعماق; 24 December 1940 – 20 October 2005) was the first wife of the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. She died from breast cancer on 20 October 2005.
Endon was born to Datuk Mahmood Ambak, a Malay man, and Datin Mariam Abdullah, a Japanese woman. Endon had ten other siblings, including her twin sister Noraini as well as other sisters Nonni, Rahmah and Aizah. She was born in Klang, Selangor on 24 December 1940.
Endon's father worked as a mining assistant in the Department of Mines, and subsequently transferred to Perak to help oversee about 60 mines in the district of Kampar. Endon spent much of her childhood days in Kampar and received her early education at the Anglo Chinese School. She later went on to attend St. Mary's School in Kuala Lumpur.
Endon met Abdullah while she was working at the Federal Establishment Office (now the Public Service Department) in the 1960s and they were married in 1965. Endon later retired from civil service in 1976. Together with Abdullah, Endon had two children: son Datuk Kamaluddin Abdullah, a business tycoon (married to Azrene, now Fareshah) and a daughter, Nori Abdullah (married to Khairy Jamaluddin). Both Abdullah and Endon had four grandchildren.
Endon is noted for her contributions to traditional fabric art such as the batik and songket. For example, she launched Campaigns and exhibitions such as the "Batik Extravaganza" which was held in early December 2003 and the Malaysian Batik Movement, "Creation for the World". She was also a patron of the theatre.
Endon Mahmood was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, shortly before the death of her twin sister, Noraini, who had also been diagnosed with the disease and died in January of the same year. Before this, Endon had undergone a radical mastectomy on 18 April 2002, followed by 33 sessions of radiation therapy and subsequent physiotherapy at Saint John's Health Center in Los Angeles, California.
She continued receiving treatment in Los Angeles, returning there in June 2005 for chemotherapy. She returned to Malaysia on 2 October 2005 and was later transferred to Seri Perdana, the Prime Minister's official residence, after a two-week stay at Putrajaya Hospital.
Endon died on 20 October 2005 at the age of 64 after a prolonged illness. Her funeral was conducted at Seri Perdana and the Putra Mosque in Putrajaya, where the funeral prayers were held. She was buried at the Muslim cemetery in Taman Selatan, Precinct 20, Putrajaya.
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Endon Mahmood
Endon binti Mahmood Ambak (Jawi: هند بنت محمود أعماق; 24 December 1940 – 20 October 2005) was the first wife of the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. She died from breast cancer on 20 October 2005.
Endon was born to Datuk Mahmood Ambak, a Malay man, and Datin Mariam Abdullah, a Japanese woman. Endon had ten other siblings, including her twin sister Noraini as well as other sisters Nonni, Rahmah and Aizah. She was born in Klang, Selangor on 24 December 1940.
Endon's father worked as a mining assistant in the Department of Mines, and subsequently transferred to Perak to help oversee about 60 mines in the district of Kampar. Endon spent much of her childhood days in Kampar and received her early education at the Anglo Chinese School. She later went on to attend St. Mary's School in Kuala Lumpur.
Endon met Abdullah while she was working at the Federal Establishment Office (now the Public Service Department) in the 1960s and they were married in 1965. Endon later retired from civil service in 1976. Together with Abdullah, Endon had two children: son Datuk Kamaluddin Abdullah, a business tycoon (married to Azrene, now Fareshah) and a daughter, Nori Abdullah (married to Khairy Jamaluddin). Both Abdullah and Endon had four grandchildren.
Endon is noted for her contributions to traditional fabric art such as the batik and songket. For example, she launched Campaigns and exhibitions such as the "Batik Extravaganza" which was held in early December 2003 and the Malaysian Batik Movement, "Creation for the World". She was also a patron of the theatre.
Endon Mahmood was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, shortly before the death of her twin sister, Noraini, who had also been diagnosed with the disease and died in January of the same year. Before this, Endon had undergone a radical mastectomy on 18 April 2002, followed by 33 sessions of radiation therapy and subsequent physiotherapy at Saint John's Health Center in Los Angeles, California.
She continued receiving treatment in Los Angeles, returning there in June 2005 for chemotherapy. She returned to Malaysia on 2 October 2005 and was later transferred to Seri Perdana, the Prime Minister's official residence, after a two-week stay at Putrajaya Hospital.
Endon died on 20 October 2005 at the age of 64 after a prolonged illness. Her funeral was conducted at Seri Perdana and the Putra Mosque in Putrajaya, where the funeral prayers were held. She was buried at the Muslim cemetery in Taman Selatan, Precinct 20, Putrajaya.
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