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Obituary| Sir Neil MacCormick<br />
<br />
the star of the show<br />
ian Hudghton remembers Sir Neil MacCormick,who died last month aged 67<br />
F<br />
ormer MEP and internationally respected law<br />
professor Neil MacCormick died peacefully at his<br />
home in Edinburgh on 5 April 2009, following a<br />
year-longbattlewithcancer.<br />
I greatly enjoyed the privilege of working with<br />
Neil during our five years together, from 1999 to<br />
2004,astheSNPteamintheEuropeanparliament.Tosayhe<br />
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