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Sir Bernard attended Baroness Thatcher's funeral at St Paul's in 2013
Sir Bernard Ingham, the long-standing press secretary to Margaret Thatcher, has died after a short illness, his family said.
Revered for his simple and straight-talking approach, Sir Bernard also served as press secretary to Labour MP Tony Benn.
The former journalist, who was 90, died with his family around him on Friday lunchtime, a statement said.
His son John said: "My family will miss him greatly."
"To the wider world he is known as Margaret Thatcher's chief press secretary, a formidable operator in the political and Whitehall jungles.
"But to me he was my dad - and a great dad at that. He was a fellow football fan and an adoring grandfather and great grandfather."
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