Veteran Labour Politician Tony Benn Dies Aged 88

Anthony Neil Wedgewood Benn, known as Tony Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount
Stansgate, was a controversial British Labour Party politician. He renounced his
hereditary peerage and served in the House of Commons for 50 years.

BBC: The veteran Labour Party politician, Tony Benn, has died at the age of 88.

In a statement his family said he passed away at his London home surrounded by relatives.

Tony Benn was one of the most influential left-wing figures in British politics.

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Tony Benn, 88

BBC: The veteran Labour politician Tony Benn, 88, has just released the final instalment of his diaries.

They reach 2009, when illness forced him to stop writing the daily entries that he started more than 60 years ago.

He has been speaking about his lifetime in Labour politics, his continuing appetite for campaigning and the significant challenges of old age.

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