John McAleese, who died on August 26 aged 61, led the SAS team that ended the Iranian embassy siege in central London in 1980, an event watched live on television by millions of spellbound viewers.
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SAS hero of Iranian embassy siege dies 'of a broken heart' after his soldier son was killed in Afghanistan
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