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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

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon