Lee Kuan Yew: Photo Gallery

People arrive to grieve at an area set aside earlier for messages of support at a hospital where Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Yuan Yew passed away. AP Photo.

A woman and her daughters speak to the media as they mourn the passing of former Singaporean prime minister. REUTERS

The Singapore state flag is pictured at half-mast at the Parliament building in Singapore. REUTERS

A woman takes photos of cards for former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, placed at a well-wishing corner at the Singapore General Hospital. REUTERS

In this March 17, 2006, file photo, Queen Elizabeth II shares a toast with Lee Kuan Yew during a state banquet. AP Photo

In this June 1, 2011, file photo, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, meets with Lee Kuan Yew. AP photo.

In this Sept. 11, 1988, file photo, Lee Kuan Yew waves, thanking voters who elected him as a member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar Constituency in Singapore. AP Photo.

In this Oct. 29, 2009, file photo, Lee Kuan Yew, left, meets with US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. AP Photo.

Lee Kuan Yew speaks during a ceremony to sign the separation agreement, which discussed Singapore's post-separation relations with Malaysia, in this still image taken from video in this August 7, 1965 file photo. Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister and architect of the tiny Southeast Asian city-state's rapid rise from British tropical outpost to global trade and financial centre, died on March 23, 2015, aged 91, the government announced. Reuters Photo

In this Oct. 15, 1968, file photo, Singapore's then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, right, and his wife Kwa Geok Choo, second left, pose with the Japanese Emperor Hirohito and his wife Empress Nagako, in the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, Japan. Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore who helped transform the sleepy port into one of the world's richest nations, died Monday, March 23, 2015, the government said. He was 91. AP Photo

A live broadcast by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the death of his father is watched in a reception area at a hospital where Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew passed away, on Monday, March 23, 2015 in Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew, who founded modern Singapore and was both feared for his authoritarian tactics and admired for turning the city-state into one of the world's richest nations, died Monday, the government said. He was 91. AP Photo

Gunasegaran S., 51, from Singapore prays quietly outside the Istana presidential palace where boards were erected for members of the public to offer their condolences, Monday, March 23, 2015, in Singapore. Singaporeans wept and world leaders paid tribute Monday as the Southeast Asian city-state mourned the death of its founding father Lee Kuan Yew. The government announced that Lee "passed away peacefully" several hours before dawn at Singapore General Hospital. He was 91. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A man cries while reading messages left on condolence boards. AP Photo

A live broadcast by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the death of his father is watched in a reception area at a hospital where Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew passed away. AP Photo.

Lau Sook Hui,22, signs the condolence book for the late Lee Kuan Yew at the Singapore High Commission at Jalan Tun Razak in Kuala Lumpur. The high commission will open the condolence book from today until 1pm on Saturday for the public to pen their condolence messages. - Pix by Salhani Ibrahim

Lee Ah Lean offered flowers and signed the condolence book for the late Lee Kuan Yew at the Singapore High Commission at Jalan Tun Razak in Kuala Lumpur. - Pix by Salhani Ibrahim

A Singaporean brought with her a brief history on the leadership of the late Lee Kuan Yew as she waits in line to pay her last respects to the republic’ former prime minister at Seri Temasek today. - Pix by Hairul Anuar Abd Rahim

Throwback: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the late Lee Kuan Yew, who was then Singapore’s Minister Mentor.

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) is seen in his motorcade as it enters the Istana following the death of his father, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, this morning. - AFP

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (R) bows in front of a photo of late Singapore former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, at the Singapore Consulate in Hong Kong. Lee, Singapore's first prime minister, died on Monday aged 91, triggering a flood of tributes to the man who oversaw the tiny city-state's rapid rise from a British colonial backwater to a global trade and financial centre. - REUTERS

A farewell message to former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at the hospital where he passed away. Singaporeans wept and world leaders paid tribute Monday as the Southeast Asian city-state mourned the death of its founding father Lee Kuan Yew. The government announced that Lee "passed away peacefully" several hours before dawn at Singapore General Hospital. He was 91. - AP

KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, 91, passed away at Singapore General Hospital today.

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