Bob Crow dead at 52, confirms RMT union

Union leader Bob Crow, who led several high-profile strikes, died this morning after a 'massive heart attack'

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BOB CROW, leader of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and scourge of London's transport bosses, has died aged 52.

His death was announced this morning by the union that he had led since for the past 12 years.

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