Christine Keeler, the central figure in the sex-and-espionage Profumo scandal that rocked Cold War Britain and brought down a Conservative government, has died at 75. In a Facebook post, son Seymour Platt said Keeler died Monday at a hospital near Farnborough in southern England after suffering for many years from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. "My mother, Christine Keeler, fought many fights in her eventful life. The married Profumo eventually resigned in disgrace after lying to the House of Commons about his relationship with Keeler. The stunning sex scandal shed light on a previously well-hidden world of sex- and alcohol-fuelled orgies among Britain's political elite.

Source: CBC News December 05, 2017 22:52 UTC