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Halliday was formerly married to Professor Maxine Molyneux and they have one son, Alex. His brother is the historian Jon Halliday.
On his concept of 'home': "when he was asked which of his many homes and journeys was his favourite, his reply was unfailingly ‘the next one’."
Halliday died in Barcelona on 26 April 2010, aged 64, after a year long battle with cancer.
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