Noraini Mahmood, the twin sister to Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's wife Endon, died at 10.30am yesterday at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre.

National news agency Bernama reported that Noraini, 63, died of breast cancer. She was buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim cemetery at 4.40pm the same day.

She is survived by her two children — Faridah, 35, and Faizal, 40. Her husband, Osman Ismail, had passed away.