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| Ex UK minister Robin Cook croaks |
| 2005-08-07 |
| Former British foreign secretary Robin Cook, who quit Prime Minister Tony Blair's government over the Iraq war, has died after collapsing while hiking with his wife on a mountain in his native Scotland. His death was announced by police after Cook, 59, was airlifted by helicopter from Ben Stack in the Highlands following his collapse on the rugged peak during his summer holiday. Police said Cook, a keen walker, was nearing the top of Ben Stack, a conical mountain that stands 721 metres high, with his second wife Gaynor when he became ill at 2.23pm. An air-sea rescue helicopter was dispatched to take him to hospital in Inverness, where he was declared dead at 4.05pm, five minutes after his arrival in the emergency ward, a spokesman for Raigmore hospital said. Britain's domestic Press Association said it seemed he had suffered a heart attack. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 We all know he just had plastic surgery and now with Princess Dianna and Elvis, working in a McDonalds somewhere. |
| Posted by: Incredulous 2005-08-07 16:47 |
| #8 Drive a 2" square x 1' long stake through the hollow in his chest cavity, right through the sternum, just to be certain. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-07 14:51 |
| #7 Robin Cook? Perhaps he's only in a "Coma". No, i just checked. The politician isn't related to the doctor/author. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2005-08-07 14:48 |
| #6 Here is my rant..speaking of old stories |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-07 13:49 |
| #5 Thousands and thousands of tiny robot midges? Each with it's killer cargo of salt, penetrating into the very pores of the victim! Yes! Ima with you BullDawg! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-07 12:53 |
| #4 Shall we start a conspiracy theory? It was Blair's Boys wot done it! They used a swarm of top-secret military UAVs disguised as midges, each packing a full 200 nl dose of digitalin; programmed to attack gnome-like objects. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-08-07 12:37 |
| #3 Shows that exercise is bad for you. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-08-07 12:30 |
| #2 Just 59? I thought he was older. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-08-07 12:13 |
| #1 "There can be only one..." |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-08-07 10:40 |