John Prescott, former UK deputy prime minister, has died, his family says

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1John Prescott, a former British deputy prime minister in Tony Blair’s Labour government, has died, his family said on Thursday.

2Prescott, 86, died following a battle with Alzheimer’s, his family said in a post on X.

3He served as deputy prime minister from 1997 to 2007.

4Prescott was one of Blair’s most colourful ministers and was known as a plain-speaking politician who bridged the divide between the traditional left-wing and the modernizers in the Labour Party.

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