6 August 2005 (Saturday)
- Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook dies whilst hill walking in Scotland. Cook collapsed near the summit of Ben Stack in the early afternoon, dying several hours later in Raigmore Hospital. Cook resigned from the cabinet in 2003 as a protest against the invasion of Iraq. (BBC)
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