FILE PHOTO – Paddy Ashdown, former leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrat party, leaves the party’s headquarters in central London, May 8, 2015. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
LONDON (Reuters) – Paddy Ashdown, the former leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats, has died after a short illness, his party said on Saturday. He was 77.
“It is with great sadness that we announce that Paddy Ashdown passed away earlier this evening following a short illness,” the party said on Twitter.
Reporting by Kate Holton; Editing by Richard Balmforth
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