Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and social activist, dies aged 88
by Leyland Cecco in Toronto from World news | The Guardian on (#74MPN)
Lewis was the father of Avi Lewis, who was elected leader of the progressive New Democratic party one day before his father died
Stephen Lewis, the Canadian diplomat, politician and human rights advocate, who spent decades tirelessly working to focus global attention on the HIV/Aids epidemic, has died of cancer.
Lewis, who served as the Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, as well as the head of Ontario's New Democratic party (NDP), was 88.
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