I made a post last year, I would write a new one but I pretty much just covered his life so I have instead edited that post.

Comrades and friends, today marks a significant and sad day, the 12 year anniversary of the death of our beloved comrade, Anthony Neil Wedgwood (Tony) Benn. He was born to a privileged family, his father and grandfather being MPs, and his father Secretary of State for India under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, he got elected to Parliament for Bristol South East in 1950, he would remain in Parliament until 1960, when the death of his father caused the title of Viscount to pass to him, barring him from Parliament. He fought for 3 years to gain the right to denounce his title, and in 1963, he succeeded and reentered Parliament, he would become Postmaster General under Harold Wilson, then Minister of Technology, Secretary of State for Industry, and finally Secretary of State for Energy. He would run for leadership in 1976 following the resignation of Harold Wilson, but soon pulled out. In 1981 he challenged Dennis Healey for Deputy Leadership, but unfortunately lost by just 1%, if many MPs who would soon defect to the Social Democratic Party had defected sooner, I believe he would have won. He lost his seat in 1983 following moving around of boundaries, despite knowing he would likely lose, and that loosing would mean he couldn't run for party leadership, he chose to stick with the people of Bristol to the end and go down with the ship. He soon returned to Parliament the next year, winning a by-election in Chesterfield where he would continue to represent in Parliament until 2001. He strongly opposed New Labour throughout the 90s, but in 2000, tragedy would strike: His beloved wife Caroline Benn would pass away of Cancer on the 22nd of November, 2000. In 2001, he would choose not to contest his seat, as he resigned from Parliament under the reason to spend more time on politics, something he got from Caroline. He would take up the position as President of the Stop the War coalition and would make many public appearances, including one at the funeral of Nelson Mandela. In one of his last public appearances in 2013, he would protest intervention in Syria. He had a stroke in 2012 which would render him seriously unwell, he passed away on the 14th of March, 2014. Every year since his death we have needed him more and more, and he has been proven more and more right. The politics of this country for half a century would have been so much poorer if not for Tony, and that's not something you can say for many. His struggle for the people will live on, as will his memory. Rest in peace.
"If you can find the money to kill people, you can find the money to help people."

Tony Benn