Tony Benn, committed British socialist who gave up his aristocratic title, dies at age 88

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March 14, 2014 at 9:04AM
Sept. 24, 2005 file photo of former British Labour party politician Tony Benn, who died March 14, 2014 in London. He was 88.
Sept. 24, 2005 file photo of former British Labour party politician Tony Benn, who died March 14, 2014 in London. He was 88. (Susan Hogan — AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

LONDON — Tony Benn, committed British socialist who gave up his aristocratic title, dies at age 88.

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