His son Toby Perkins tweeted on July 16:
Very sad. Visited my Dad last night, but unexpectedly he died whilst I was
there. I'm proud of him. A wonderful, kind & clever man. X
> wikipedia lists the venerable VF Perkins as having passed away yesterday.
> Does anyone have more information?
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