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Hundreds gather to pay their respects to Eddie

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The Rugby Paper Team
5 February 2023

A MEMORIAL service for the former Wales captain and broadcaster Eddie Butler took place on Thursday.
The commentator died in his sleep in September 2022, aged 65, while taking part in a charity trek in Peru.
The memorial at Abergavenny Market, Monmouthshire, was attended by about 700 people and live streamed at a local pub in the town and hosted by broadcaster Clare Balding.
Among the guests were former players, sports broadcasters, friends and family.
Broadcaster Sonja Mc-Laughlan said Butler, right, was “one of the greatest men I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing&...

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