López de Valencia has been to date the only First Lady to die in office.
Susana López Navia was born on 17 September 1910 in Palmira, Valle del Cauca to Gustavo López Terreros and Lucrecia Navia Carvajal.
[2][1] In 1958, López, who had been diagnosed with hypertension, suffered a stroke that left her with hemiplegia and using a wheelchair.
[3] López died on 19 May 1964 at the Casa de Nariño in Bogotá, D.C. of a pulmonary embolism brought on by her condition.
[3] She was the first spouse of a Colombian president to die while her husband was still in office.