He died on June 1 morning at a hospital in Yangon.
Mr Tin Oo co-founded the pro-democracy National League for Democracy in the aftermath of mass protests against a former junta in 1988.
Mr Tin Oo rose to serve as commander of the army under former strongman Ne Win, before being forced out for allegedly withholding information over a failed coup plot. He died on June 1 morning at a hospital in Yangon, where he had been undergoing treatment for health issues, one of his personal security officers told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Mr Tin Oo was detained by the military for more than a decade in the crackdown that followed the 1988 protests.
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