Ravenfire
07-08-2005, 08:34 AM
The political world has come together to pay tribute to a "brilliant" politician after former foreign secretary Robin Cook died from a heart attack.
The 59-year-old Labour MP was mountain walking with his wife and friends along the summit of Ben Stack in the Highlands when he collapsed.
Mr Cook, who was with his second wife Gaynor, was taken by air ambulance to a hospital in Inverness at around 2.30pm.
It is thought they had to ask other walkers to dial 999 for help as they had no means of communication themselves.
Mr Cook, MP for Livingston since 1983, is believed to have been conscious when he was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, but was pronounced dead at 4.05pm.
The 59-year-old Labour MP was mountain walking with his wife and friends along the summit of Ben Stack in the Highlands when he collapsed.
Mr Cook, who was with his second wife Gaynor, was taken by air ambulance to a hospital in Inverness at around 2.30pm.
It is thought they had to ask other walkers to dial 999 for help as they had no means of communication themselves.
Mr Cook, MP for Livingston since 1983, is believed to have been conscious when he was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, but was pronounced dead at 4.05pm.