Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer dies at 73

Tom McIlroyPolitical correspondent

Aug 22, 2019 – 12.50pm

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Revered former deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Tim Fischer died on Wednesday night after fighting cancer for 10 years.

The 73-year-old former MP and Australian ambassador to the Holy See had been gravely ill in hospital in Albury after battling acute leukaemia.

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