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                        Former communities secretary James Brokenshire dies aged 53
                         08/10/2021 Tributes have been paid to former communities secretary, James Brokenshire, after he died at the age of 53 from lung cancer. | 
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                        Sunderland council leader and ‘major figure’ in north east politics dies aged 63
                         08/11/2017 The leader of Sunderland City Council, Paul Watson, has passed away at the age of 63. |