• Former beer sculling record holder and Australian PM Bob Hawke dead at 89.
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Bob Hawke, Australia's 23rd prime minister and Labor Party legend, has died at the age of 89. Mr Hawke led the country and his party from 1983 to 1991, and his contribution to public life helped shape modern Australia. A great conciliator, Mr Hawke's achievements as prime minister included modernising the economy and integrating it into the global community, establishing Medicare, and championing environmental issues. He won four federal elections, making him Labor's longest-serving prime minister and Australia's third-longest-serving prime minister behind Robert Menzies and John Howard. Bob Hawke, Australia's 23rd prime minister, dies aged 89 Well, he had a good run.
Bob of course also had a more sensitive side https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-17/hawke-letter-to-girl-after-death-grandmother-sensitive-side/11122732
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