Sir Edward Heath, Europhile Prime Minister, dies at home

From: The Scotsman | Date: July 18, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

SIR Edward Heath, the former Conservative prime minister who led Britain into what became the European Union, died at his home last night.

The veteran politician was well enough to celebrate his 89th birthday with a party only last week, but he had "recently become considerably weaker", a spokesman said yesterday just hours before his death was announced.

Tony Blair and Michael Howard led tributes last night to a politician who led Britain into the Common Market.

"He was a man of great integrity and beliefs he held strongly from which he never wavered," the Prime Minister said. "And he will ...

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