http://twitter.com/#!/BBCBreaking/status/321228374066466816

Terribly sad news this morning: Former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died following a stroke. She was 87 years old.

🙁 RT @ethanklapper: Wish this was one of those times that Thatcher was just a rumor. But with ITV, Sky, BBC all reporting, it’s real 🙁

— Brittany Cohan (@bccohan) April 8, 2013

Unfortunately, this does not appear to be one of the Thatcher death hoaxes.

Oh my god. Thatcher. I’m crying.

— Ms. Navillus (@SalaciousSully) April 8, 2013

Twitter mourns.

Former UK PM Margaret Thatcher dies after stroke [CNN] bit.ly/Z3eNdq twitter.com/beaver_ch5/sta…

— surakit pinchavanich (@beaver_ch5) April 8, 2013

Say it isn’t so! Last of the real true leaders RT @salacioussully: Oh my god. Thatcher. I’m crying.

— O’me (@O_meOhMy) April 8, 2013

Very sad. An amazing person. RT @bbcbreaking: Baroness Thatcher has died this morning follow a stroke, her spokesman Lord Bell says

— Jay Caruso (@jaycaruso) April 8, 2013

There is no politician whose passing I could mourn more than Margaret Thatcher. A remarkable, and inspirational, woman.

— Victoria (@VictoriaMonro) April 8, 2013

RIP Margaret Thatcher.

— Amy Lutz (@amylutz4) April 8, 2013

R.I.P. Margaret Thatcher – One of the last of the great leaders I grew up watching.

— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) April 8, 2013

Thatcher has died – The Press Association statement: Margaret Thatcher was the woman who, virtually… tmblr.co/ZEDs0wiCKDUy

— Tony McMahon (@tonyrossmcmahon) April 8, 2013

Rest in Peace Margaret Thatcher.A look at her amazing and consequential life. @americanewsroom

— martha maccallum (@marthamaccallum) April 8, 2013

Lady Thatcher was iconic which ever side of the fence you sat. Powerful, decisive & no bull. Unlike our government at present. #respect

— Mark Lakeman (@mark_lakeman) April 8, 2013

Sad to hear of the death of Margaret Thatcher.The Iron Lady remains an example of conservative, principled leadership.

— Rep. Jack Kingston (@JackKingston) April 8, 2013

for the most formative of my years (16 to 25) , the PM who governed the country i lived in, was Margret Thatcher …. #RIP

— calamur (@calamur) April 8, 2013

Margaret Thatcher has passed. Always the Iron Lady. RIP

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) April 8, 2013

RIP Margaret Thatcher, one of the great leaders of the 20th century

— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) April 8, 2013

Very sad to learn of the passing of Britain’s Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher. A remarkable, principled leader.

— Bob McDonnell (@BobMcDonnell) April 8, 2013

Our thoughts and prayers are with Margaret Thatcher’s loved ones. We express our heartfelt condolences for their loss.

Twitchy will continue to monitor this sad story and update with further developments.

Update: Remembering the “Iron Lady” in her own words.

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.” –
Margaret Thatcher

— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) April 8, 2013

Terribly sad day. Baroness Thatcher the greatest PM of my lifetime. Did more for this country than any other politician for decades.

— Stephen Pollard (@stephenpollard) April 8, 2013

“The facts of life are conservative.” – Margaret Thatcher

— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) April 8, 2013

RT @jonkarl: “In politics, if you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman” – Margaret Thatcher, 1965.

— Jim Himes (@jahimes) April 8, 2013

Sad to hear about the passing of Margaret Thatcher Love her quote “Pennies don’t fall from heaven they have to be earned here on earth”RIP

— Jill Kamen Zarin (@Jillzarin) April 8, 2013

“The spirit of envy can destroy. It can never build”- from Margaret Thatcher’s 1975 Conservative Party Conf speech==> michellemalkin.com/2013/04/08/the…

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 8, 2013

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