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Sat 11 Nov 2002Moors murderer Myra Hindley dies of respiratory failureMoors murderer Myra Hindley died last night, leaving the British public to revisit the 1960s crimes of child sex abuse, torture and murder which for many became the benchmark of evil.A brief statement said Hindley - described by the tabloid press as "the most evil woman in Britain" - died at West Suffolk hospital in Bury St Edmunds following respiratory failure.