Former chancellor hailed as one of the greats of the Conservative party and a ‘calm hero’ of the Thatcher yearsGeoffrey Howe was heralded as one of the greats of the Conservative party and a “calm hero” of the Thatcher years,after the former chancellors death of a suspected heart attack was announced by his family.
The Tory peer, whose devastating resignation speech on leaving the cabinet in 1990 was widely seen as the central factor in forcing Margaret Thatcher from Downing Street, and was 88. His family said he passed absent on Friday night at his home in Warwickshire after attending a local jazz concert with his wife,Elspeth, a crossbench peer.
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Source: theguardian.com