Hitchens, the great contrarian, dies aged 62

By Richard Lea
Updated November 10 2012 - 2:55am, first published December 16 2011 - 1:15pm
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and author Christopher Hitchens pose ahead of a debate on religion in Toronto in November 2010.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and author Christopher Hitchens pose ahead of a debate on religion in Toronto in November 2010.

Writer, journalist and contrarian Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62 after crossing the border into the ''land of malady'' on being diagnosed with an oesophageal cancer in June 2010.

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