Editing Anthony Berry (section)

==Death==
On 12 October 1984, Berry was murdered in the [[Brighton hotel bombing]], when a bomb was planted in the [[Grand Brighton Hotel]] during the [[Conservative Party Conference]]. He was 59.<ref name=film/> He was survived by his wife, Lady Berry, who was injured in the blast.<ref name=anniversary/> His death occurred three days before the 20th anniversary of his first election to Parliament in 1964.

Berry's death in office triggered a [[1984 Enfield Southgate by-election|by-election in Enfield Southgate]], which was won by future Cabinet minister [[Michael Portillo]].

In September 1986, [[Patrick Magee (Irish republican)|Patrick Magee]], who carried out the bombing, received eight life sentences, but was released from prison in 1999 under the terms of the [[Good Friday Agreement]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/301223.stm |title=Patrick Magee: The IRA Brighton bomber |work=BBC News |date=22 June 1999 |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/375092.stm |title=Outrage as Brighton bomber freed |work=BBC News |date=22 June 1999 |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref>

Since Magee's release, Berry's daughter, [[Jo Berry]], has received attention for her series of controversial meetings with the Brighton bomber, as part of her quest to come to terms with the bombing and, in her own words, "to bring something positive out of it". Some of their discussions were filmed for an ''Everyman'' programme, shown on [[BBC Two]] in December 2001. She has received some criticism from other families of IRA victims for these meetings.<ref name=film>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1704600.stm |title=Brighton bomb: Filming forgiveness |work=BBC News |date=13 December 2001 |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1706358.stm |title=Looking the Brighton bomber in the eye |work=BBC News |date=13 December 2001 |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref>

A ceremony was held in Berry's Enfield Southgate constituency on 12 October 2009, the 25th anniversary of the bombing, at which his widow (wife of [[Lord Donoughue]]) and her daughter Sasha unveiled a plaque in his honour at the newly renamed Sir Anthony Berry House in Chaseville Parade, [[Winchmore Hill]].<ref name=anniversary/>