Hazel Hawke
Political Wife
Amateur artist and pianist who is best known for being the first wife of Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, who held office from 1983 to 1991. They divorced four years after he left his post.
She met Bob Hawke at a Perth church in the early 1950s.
She lived the last years of her life suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
She was married to Bob Hawke from 1956 to 1995; the couple had four children: Susan, Stephen, Roslyn and Robert Jr.
She was married to Bob Hawke for nearly four decades.