FILE - In this Oct. 3, 1967 file photo, Tony Benn puffs on his pipe as he listens to speeches during the second day of the 66th annual Labour Party Conference, in Scarborough, England. Tony Benn, a committed British socialist who irritated, fascinated _ and bored _ Britons through a political career spanning more than five decades and who renounced his aristocratic title rather than leave the House of Commons, has died. He was 88. (AP Photo/Laurence Harris, File)