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"I admired and valued Robin as a colleague and friend and as one of the greatest parliamentarians of our time. His wife Gaynor and his two sons are in our thoughts and prayers."
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Source: Tributes to 'one of the great parliamentarians', www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2005.
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