"If she weren’t an influence, supposing I had married somebody else, I might have become a different person, not that I would be a different person, but the things that I would have been able to do, the kind of backdrop I would have had, family, support, would have been different," said MM Lee.
The kind of people you hang out with, get married to, get attached(a relationship/friendship) bond and all, influence you in your character and life and many different ways.
Mrs Lee was a great woman definitely, and to be a woman behind a great man Mrs Lee Kuan Yew's back, it's not easy. But yeah, she's 89 and i believe her life is lived worth-while. It's time to be back with the Lord.
Have fun in Heaven Mrs Lee!
With all respect and honour.