# Bob Hawke’s widow Blanche D’Alpuget dies aged 82: Her final message for Australia

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bob-hawkes-widow-blanche-dalpuget-dies-aged-82-her-final-message-for-australia/
- Published: 2026-09-09T05:42:32+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16116159/Bob-Hawkes-widow-Blanche-DAlpuget-dies-aged-82-final-message-Australia.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Government, Markets, Politics, World

## Key points

- Blanche D'Alpuget, Bob Hawke's widow, has died aged 82.
- Her final message urged Australians to "love one another".
- She is survived by her son, three step-children and step-grandchildren.

## Summary

Blanche D'Alpuget, the author and widow of former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, has died aged 82. Her family shared a final message on her behalf, calling on Australians to embrace love as life's highest calling, marking the death of a prominent literary figure closely tied to one of the country's most significant political dynasties.

D'Alpuget was an award-winning author who married Hawke, Australia's longest-serving Labor prime minister, having previously written his biography. Her death comes seven years after Hawke's own death. She is survived by her son Louis Pratt, from her first marriage to diplomat and journalist Tony Pratt, as well as three step-children and several step-grandchildren.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: Bob Hawke’s widow Blanche D’Alpuget dies aged 82: Her final message for Australia](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16116159/Bob-Hawkes-widow-Blanche-DAlpuget-dies-aged-82-final-message-Australia.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [Daily Mail: Who will inherit Blanche d'Alpuget's wealth? Bob Hawke widow's death could spark new bitter chapter in one of Australia's most famously divided families](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16116231/Blanche-dAlpuget-net-wealth.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [Daily Mail: Haunting words of Bob Hawke's widow Blanche d'Alpuget resurface after her death: 'Once you're on the other side, it's glorious'](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16116317/blanche-dalpuget-bob-hawke-death-affair-influenza-suicide.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)

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