Post by freebbc on Mar 11, 2014 11:58:17 GMT
Bob Crow sadly passed away at Whipps Cross University Hospital in the early hours of this morning from a heart attack aged 52.
Bob Crow was elected general secretary of the RMT in 2002 following the death of former leader Jimmy Knapp.
My condolences goes to his family on this horrific moment.
Tributes from BBC news
BORIS JOHNSON PAYS TRIBUTE
10:42: In a statement, London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "I'm shocked. Bob Crow was a fighter and a man of character.
"Whatever our political differences, and there were many, this is tragic news."
FARAGE TRIBUTE
10:36: Nigel Farage tweets: Sad at the death of Bob Crow. I liked him and he also realised working class people were having their chances damaged by the EU.
10:31: Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone said said: "I assumed he would be at my funeral not me at his."
He told Sky News: "He fought really hard for his members. The only working-class people who still have well-paid jobs in London are his members. With the passage of time people will come to see that people like Bob Crow did a very good job."
EARLY YEARS
11:44: Born in east London, Crow moved to Essex as a toddler and attended the same secondary modern school as Spurs soccer star Jimmy Greaves.
He left school at the age of 16 and worked on the railways for the rest of his life.
His first job was on London Underground as an apprentice track worker, although he soon became involved in union activity, becoming a local representative for the then National Union of Railwaymen at the age of 20.
Bob Crow was elected general secretary of the RMT in 2002 following the death of former leader Jimmy Knapp.
My condolences goes to his family on this horrific moment.
Tributes from BBC news
BORIS JOHNSON PAYS TRIBUTE
10:42: In a statement, London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "I'm shocked. Bob Crow was a fighter and a man of character.
"Whatever our political differences, and there were many, this is tragic news."
FARAGE TRIBUTE
10:36: Nigel Farage tweets: Sad at the death of Bob Crow. I liked him and he also realised working class people were having their chances damaged by the EU.
10:31: Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone said said: "I assumed he would be at my funeral not me at his."
He told Sky News: "He fought really hard for his members. The only working-class people who still have well-paid jobs in London are his members. With the passage of time people will come to see that people like Bob Crow did a very good job."
EARLY YEARS
11:44: Born in east London, Crow moved to Essex as a toddler and attended the same secondary modern school as Spurs soccer star Jimmy Greaves.
He left school at the age of 16 and worked on the railways for the rest of his life.
His first job was on London Underground as an apprentice track worker, although he soon became involved in union activity, becoming a local representative for the then National Union of Railwaymen at the age of 20.
