# Gerry Conon has died

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**Created:** [June 22, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerry-conon-has-died/691351 "2014-06-22T05:06:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerry-conon-has-died/691351/1 "2014-06-22T05:06:18Z")

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[Link](http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/21/world/europe/gerry-conlon-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)

[_There were six men in Birmingham  
In Guilford there’s four.  
That were picked up and tortured  
And framed by the law…_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2lFGeT-kBI)

Gerry Conlon was one of the four men in Guilford who were falsely imprisoned for a pub bombing in 1974. He served 15 years before being freed on appeal, and Tony Blair apologised for the ‘miscarriage of justice’ in 2005. Conlon was 60 years old.