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Tue 07 Jul 2007Hugely respected politician, teacher and footballerJohn Wilson, who died yesterday, was a former Fianna Fáil tánaiste and long-serving minister.Mr Wilson, who was 84, was a native of Kilcogy, Co Cavan, and had a distinguished record as an academic and Gaelic footballer when he was first elected to the Dáil, at the age of 50, in 1973.