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Datin Paduka Seri Endon binti Mahmood (
December 24,
1940 –
October 20,
2005) was the first wife of the current
Prime Minister of Malaysia,
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. She died from breast cancer on October 20, 2005.
She was also known as
Kak Endon.
Early life
Endon was born to Datuk Mahmood Ambak, a
Malay, and Datin Mariam Abdullah, a
Japanese. 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, now Methodist National Type Primary School. She later went on to attend St Mary’s secondary 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 Kamaluddin, a business tycoon (married to Azrene) and a daughter, Nori (married to
Khairy Jamaluddin). Both Abdullah and Endon had four grandchildren.
Social contributions
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.
Awards and recognition
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia conferred Endon Mahmood the
Honorary Doctorate in
Humanities in
August 2004.
Endon was also conferred the
Tun Fatimah Award by the
National Council of Women's Organisation on
August 24,
2004 for her service to the community.
Fighting breast cancer
Endon underwent a radical mastectomy on
April 18,
2002, which was followed by 33 sessions of radiation and a series of physiotherapy sessions at St. John’s. Endon discovered she'd
breast cancer in
2003 while her twin sister Noraini who had earlier been diagnosed with the disease died in
January 2003. Endon later left for
St. John’s Medical Centre in
Los Angeles, California for treatment, and again in June this year for
Abraxane chemotherapy, which has yet to be introduced to Malaysia. Endon later received further chemotherapy treatment in the
United States and returned to Malaysia on
October 2,
2005. She was later brought home to
Seri Perdana to be with her family after spending two weeks in
Putrajaya Hospital.
On
October 20 2005, Endon died after a long battle with breast cancer. She died at 7.55 a.m. The funeral was conducted at the Prime Minister's residence and the
Putra Mosque (where the funeral prayers are conducted), both in
Putrajaya. Endon was buried at the Muslim cemetery in
Taman Selatan, Precinct 20,
Putrajaya.
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