In a statement, his family said Prescott, who had Alzheimer’s, died peacefully on Wednesday, “surrounded by family and the jazz music of Marian Montgomery.”
The statement said Prescott spent his life “trying to improve the lives of others, fighting for social justice and protecting the environment.”
“John dearly loved his home of Hull and representing its people in Parliament for 40 years was his greatest honour,” the family statement said.
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