Former MI6 Officer George Blake Who Was Also A Soviet Double Agent That Exposed 600 Spies And Who Fled To Russia Has died In Moscow Aged 98

Daily Mail: Notorious British traitor George Blake who claimed to have betrayed 600 agents to the Russians as a double agent during the Cold War dies in Moscow aged 98

* George Blake died aged 98 in Moscow, Russian foreign intelligence revealed

* Blake claimed to have betrayed 600 agents to the Russians as a double agent

* He had been living in Moscow since his escape from Wormwood Scrubs in 1966

Notorious British traitor George Blake has died aged 98 half a century after he claimed to have betrayed 600 agents to the Russians as a double agent during the Cold War, Russian foreign intelligence announced today.

The 98-year-old spy had been living in Moscow since he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs in 1966.

'The bitter news has come - the legendary George Blake is gone,' said Sergey Ivanov, spokesman for the SVR foreign intelligence agency, formerly the KGB. 'He died of old age, his heart stopped.'

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WNU Editor: The damage this double agent caused to British intelligence is incalculable.

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