- Born in Cardiff in 1928
- Served in the Army and studied at Cambridge before becoming a barrister and then QC
- Labour MP for Leicester North West and then Leicester West from 1970 until retiring in 1997, when he was made a life peer
- Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2009
- Suspended from the Labour Party in April 2015
- Ruled unfit to stand trial over allegations of child sexual abuse on 7 December 2015
- Died two weeks later, aged 87
Here are a few more biographical details that the BBC clearly didn't consider relevant.
Chairman of the Board of Deputies of British Jews
Vice President – The Association for Jewish Youth
Vice President – The Jewish Leadership Council
President – The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women
Advisory Board – Community Security Trust
Vice President – The World Jewish Congress
Chairman – The Holocaust Educational Trust
Director – The United Jewish Israel Appeal
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