Celebrity Deaths

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RE: Celebrity Deaths
Former Labour minister Sir George Howarth has died at 77. Sir George was first elected as MP for Knowsley North in 1986, and served as a member of Parliament for almost four decades. He left the Commons at the last general election in 2024, when he was MP for Knowsley. During his years in Parliament, Sir George served on the Panel of Chairs, chairing Westminster Hall debates and overseeing committees. He was a minister during Sir Tony Blair's first years in No 10, in the Home Office between May 1997 and 1999, and then in the Northern Ireland office between July 1990 and June 2001. Sir George was knighted in the 2019 Birthday Honours for parliamentary and political service.