What is Benjamin Sheares?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Benjamin Sheares | image = | caption = | order = 2nd | office = President of Singapore | term_start = 2 January 1971 | term_end = 12 May 1981 | primeminister = [[Lee Kuan Yew]] | predecessor = [[Yusof Ishak]] | successor = [[Devan Nair]] | deputy1 = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1907|8|12}} | birth_place = [[Singapore]], [[Straits Settlements]] | party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|5|12|1907|8|12|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Singapore]] | death_cause = [[Lung cancer]] | restingplace = [[Kranji State Cemetery]] | nationality = [[Singaporeans|Singaporean]] | alma_mater = [[King Edward VII College of Medicine]] | spouse = Yeo Seh Geok Sheares (m. 1939–1981)<ref>{{cite web|title=Remembering Mrs Benjamin Sheares|url=https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/news/remembering-mrs-benjamin-sheares|publisher=Duke-NUS|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109080626/https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/news/remembering-mrs-benjamin-sheares|archive-date=9 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> | children = 3 | profession = Physician | website = }} '''Benjamin Henry Sheares''' (12 August 1907 &ndash; 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean physician and politician. He was the second [[President of Singapore]] from 1971 until his death in 1981.<ref>Singapore. Parliament. [http://eservice.nlb.gov.sg/item_holding_s.aspx?bid=4826189 Parliamentary Debates: Official Report.] (30 December 1970). Election of President of Republic of Singapore (Vol. 30, cols. 378–382); Election of President today. (30 December 1970). The Straits Times, p. 6. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.</ref> Sheares died while in a [[coma]] at a hospital in [[Singapore]] from problems caused by [[lung cancer]] on 12 May 1981, aged