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Former Labour MP Abse dies aged 91

Updated on 20 August 2008

Source PA News

Gay rights champion Leo Abse has died at the age of 91, a family friend said.

The former Labour MP died at Charing Cross Hospital, west London, on Tuesday night after a short illness.

Mr Abse guided a Private Member's Bill through Parliament in 1967 that legalised sex between men.

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