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Michael Martin

Speaker of the house of commons (2000-2009), member of parliament (uk) from 1979 to 2009.

Born July 3rd, 1945 in Glasgow.

Died April 29th, 2018 at 72 years old in Glasgow. [ref]

Occupations
politician, trade unionist

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche