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Harvey Benge (1944–2019)

I first met Harvey Benge ten years ago, and he fast became one of my closest friends. He was a person who cared deeply about ethics, who couldn’t stand pretension, and treated people fairly. The sharpness of his wit was unrivalled, and only increased over the years as he honed his repertoire of absurd idioms such as ‘what do you know?’, ‘you’ve got to

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