Editing Michael Foot (section)

==Death==
Foot died at his [[Hampstead]], [[north London]] home on the morning of 3 March 2010 at the age of 96 after a long period of ill health. The [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] was informed of the news later that day by Justice Secretary [[Jack Straw]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8547366.stm|title=Former Labour leader Michael Foot dies|work=BBC News|date=3 March 2010|access-date=15 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903041135/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8547366.stm|archive-date=3 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> who told the House: "I am sure that this news will be received with great sadness not only in my own party but across the country as a whole."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/2010/03/foot-dies-aged-leader-labour|title=Michael Foot dies|work=New Statesman|location=UK|date=3 March 2010|access-date=15 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306165521/http://www.newstatesman.com/2010/03/foot-dies-aged-leader-labour|archive-date=6 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Foot's funeral was a non-religious service, held on 15 March 2010 at [[Golders Green Crematorium]] in North-West London.<ref>{{cite news |first=Haroon |last=Siddique |others=agencies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/15/gordon-brown-funeral-michael-foot |title=Gordon Brown leads mourners at funeral of Michael Foot |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=15 March 2010 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407154946/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/15/gordon-brown-funeral-michael-foot |archive-date=7 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>