article_snippet: Lee, who died aged 91 on Monday, ruled for for three decades as Singapore's first prime minister.
article_snippet: Lee, who died aged 91 on Monday, was Singapore's first prime minister and is credited with transforming the country from a small, colonial British trading port into one of the world's wealthiest city states .
article_snippet: Lee's death was less than five months before the city-state's 50th anniversary of independence.
highlights_snippet: Lee was the country's first prime minister and died aged 91 on Monday .