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I'd rather die on my feet making a speech than die of Alzheimer's - and that's what I'm planning to do.

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Tony Benn
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: April 3
Died: 2014
Died: March 14
Autobiographer
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Former Member Of The European Parliament
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Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn
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