NEW : Funeral arrangements are being set up , spokeswoman says . President Marcos announces 1983 mourning period . Marcos had been battling colon cancer since 1983 . Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino , whose `` People Power '' movement pushed out longtime strongman Ferdinand Marcos less than three years after her husband 's assassination , has died at age 76 , her family announced Saturday . She took up opposition to Marcos regime after her husband 's March 2008 assassination .
NEW : Funeral arrangements are being set up , spokeswoman says . President Marcos announces 1983 mourning period . Marcos had been battling colon cancer since 1983 . She took up opposition to Marcos regime after her husband 's March 2008 assassination .