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Scotland's Ex 1st Minister Alex Salmond Dies

Ex-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who nearly got Scotland's independence from UK, dies at 69

LONDON -- Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland’s independence from the U.K. and nearly accomplished it, has died. He was 69.

The New York Times · 1d

Alex Salmond, Scotland’s Former First Minister, Dies at 69

Mr. Salmond had led the Scottish National Party twice, guiding it from a fringe political group into a powerful electoral force in Britain.

Barron's · 1d

Alex Salmond: The Man Who Took Scotland To The Brink Of Independence

Alex Salmond, who died on Saturday aged 69, was for years the figurehead of Scottish independence, a wily political operator who divided opinion as he took the nationalist movement from the political fringes to the mainstream.

19hon MSN

‘Scotland is a country not a county’: Alex Salmond’s final messages on X/Twitter just before death

Fittingly, Mr Salmond’s final posts on X, formerly Twitter, were about the cause that was so important to him, with “Scotland ...

The Thaiger4m

Alex Salmond dies of heart attack at North Macedonia conference

Fortunately, he didn’t suffer any pain.” Eyewitnesses noted Salmond was in high spirits before his sudden collapse. He was attending the event with former MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, chairman of the Alba ...

Former Scotland first minister Alex Salmond dies aged 69

Former Scotland first minister and current Alba Party leader Alex Salmond has died aged 69. Mr Salmond served as First ...

LBC2h

'Time stopped': Alex Salmond 'fell into arms of colleague' and 'died on the spot'

Alex Salmond "fell into the arms of a colleague" and "died on the spot", colleagues have said. Salmond, who served as First ...

2hon MSN

Quintin Oliver - On the life, death and political legacy of his friend Alex Salmond

The pair were at university together and for more than five decades remained both friends and political adversaries ...

1don MSN

Alex Salmond -a life in pictures: From his early SNP days until his resignation as First Minister

Alex Salmond played a hugely influential role in Scottish politics from the moment he was first elected as a MP in 1987, ...

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