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Sat 09 Sep 2010Outspoken Lib Dem MP Cyril Smith dies aged 82
FORMER LIBERAL Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith, born the illegitimate son of a Rochdale housemaid and who became one of the best known MPs in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, has died after a long illness, aged 82.
In his prime, the weight of outspoken and sometimes difficult Mr Smith touched 190kg (30st). He held the record for being the heaviest man to hold a House of Commons seat, and remained so to this day.
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