Pacific / American Samoa

Former first lady in American Samoa dies

20:02 pm on 9 September 2015

A former first lady in American Samoa, Fagaoalii Satele Sunia, the wife of the late governor Tauese Pita Sunia has died.

The 69 year old died at the LBJ Hospital of a suspected stroke.

After the death of her husband in 2003 Fagaoalii established the Read to Me Samoa Program and the Tauese P. Sunia Memorial.