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Bruce Kent heads a protest outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, central London in support of the NHS, in 2009
The world has lost a man of “peace, justice and love,” family, friends and well-wishers heard at the funeral of peace movement legend Bruce Kent today.
The life of Mr Kent, who died in his 93rd year on June 8, was celebrated by hundreds with a funeral mass at Tollington Park, north London, led by the Most Reverend Malcolm McMahon, the Archbishop of Liverpool.
Among those paying their respects were local MP Jeremy Corbyn, general secretary of CND Kate Hudson and Stop the War coalition officers Lindsey German and Chris Nineham.
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