article_snippet: (CNN)Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser has died.
article_snippet: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser was 84.
article_snippet: It is with deep sadness that we inform you that after a brief illness Fraser died peacefully in the early hours of this morning," according to a Fraser family statement sent to Australian media.
article_snippet: The office of current Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed Fraser's death to CNN.
article_snippet: Fraser was Australia's 22nd prime minister, from 1975-1983.
article_snippet: Fraser began Fraser mandate as a caretaker prime minister amid a constitutional crisis.
article_snippet: People the National Archives of Australia've lost in 2015 .
highlights_snippet: Fraser was Australia's 22nd prime minister, from 1975-1983 .
  