article_snippet: office issued a statement confirming the news 'with deep sadness', saying Gough Whitlam had suffered only a 'brief illness'. '
article_snippet: We appreciate that this will be a shock to all who knew and loved Gough Whitlam, but ask that the family be left in peace at this difficult time,' the family be left in peace at this difficult time said.
article_snippet: we appreciate that this will be a shock to all who knew and loved him, but ask that the family be left in peace at this difficult time'.
article_snippet: The pair had four children .
article_snippet: He is survived by He wife, Tamie, and their four children.