Britain's 'Olympic Games' minister Jowell dies at 70


FILE PHOTO: Labour's Shadow Minister for the Olympics Tessa Jowell attends the UK Creative Industries Forum at the Royal Academy in London July 30, 2012. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Tessa Jowell, a former British government minister who was instrumental in bringing the Olympic Games to London in 2012, died on Saturday after a brain haemorrhage, her family said.

Jowell, who was 70, had brain cancer diagnosed in May last year.

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