George Blake
(1922-2020)
British/Soviet espionage agent
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George Blake (born George Behar, 11 November 1922 – 26 December 2020) was a former British spy who worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union. He became a Communist and decided to work for the KGB while a prisoner during the Korean War. Discovered in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years in prison, he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966 and fled to the Soviet Union. He was not one of the Cambridge Five spies, although he associated with Donald Maclean and Kim Philby after reaching the Soviet Union.
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11 November 1922 Rotterdam, Netherlands
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26 December 2020 (aged 98)
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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