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Mike Pentelow: communist, author, journalist and community activist, whose life enriched us all

“WHEN the night has come and the land is dark.”
The opening lines of Ben E King’s song Stand By Me, perfectly described my feelings when I got the news on April 1 that Mike Pentelow had died.
For my prodigiously talented, much-loved friend of 50 years, communist, author, journalist and community activist was also joint world president of the International Stand By Me Club (ISBMC).
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