President Abdurrahman Wahid Died at age 69

Indonesia's former president Abdurrahman Wahid, better known as Gus Dur, died in a Jakarta hospital at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday. He was 69 years old.

The former president had been undergoing regular dialysis for some time. He was hospitalized last week after traveling in East Java.

Gus Dur served as president from 1999-2001 during the turbulent years following Suharto's resignation in 1998.