Charlotte Johnson Wahl, mother of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has died at the age of 79 after suffering from Parkinson's disease.
In addition to the UK Prime Minister, Johnson Wahl had three more children -- Rachel, Leo and Joseph -- reads the announcement, with the names of 13 grandchildren listed.
"I am hugely saddened by Charlotte's sudden death," said Nell Butler, who is responsible for cataloging Johnson Wahl's artwork and curated her 2015 retrospective, in a statement to CNN Tuesday."Johnson Wahl was a huge talent who continued to draw and paint almost until the end," the statement continued."She was driven to put things on paper. It was a language for her, a way of communicating the emotions and colour inside her head.
Butler hailed Johnson Wahl's"indomitable spirit" and said she"never complained, despite the burden of Parkinson's and the indignities of old age." Born in 1942, Johnson Wahl studied English Literature at Oxford University before becoming a painter,
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