Alex Salmond's Family Mourns

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Salmond family pay tribute to 'devoted and loving' family man

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Salmond family pay tribute to 'devoted and loving' family man who got them through 'darkest moments' They said life would never be the same again, but vowed to continue independence work.

Former SNP leader died of a suspected heart attack on Saturday at the age of 69 .

Henry McLeish said Salmond 'broke new ground' in Scottish politics.

At a local level, Whiteford said the constituents of Banff and Buchan knew, in Salmond , they had a champion who would “fight for their interests at every opportunity”. Fergus Mutch, former SNP head of communications, said the “tactical genius” of Salmond lay in his ability to get the most of the people around him. “ Alex ’s untimely death is extremely sad and a great loss but I guess his great legacy is that he took the independence movement to where it is today .”.

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