Funeral for former Middlesbrough football scout Alan Keen
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The funeral of Labour MP and former Middlesbrough football scout Alan Keen takes place.
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22 November 2011

The funeral of Labour MP and former Middlesbrough football scout Alan Keen has taken place.

Mr Keen, originally from Redcar, died aged 73 earlier this month after what former prime minister Gordon Brown called a "heroic fight" against cancer.

He worked as a scout for Middlesbrough FC for 18 years before moving into politics and since 1992 represented Feltham and Heston in West London.

A service was held at Teesside crematorium in Middlesbrough.

Mr Keen is survived by his wife Ann, two sons and a daughter.

As well as being chairman of the all-party football group, he was also chairman of the equivalent athletics group and a member of the Commons Culture, Media and Sports Committee.

His time as a football scout included the period when Jackie Charlton was Middlesbrough manager, and he claimed part of the credit for bringing Graeme Souness to the club.

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