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The severely disabled 6-year-old son of British opposition leader David Cameron died suddenly on Wednesday, and the country's usually partisan politicians united in expressing their shock and grief.

Ivan Cameron, the eldest of Cameron and his wife Samantha's three children, had cerebral palsy and Ohtahara syndrome, a rare and severe form of epilepsy.

Hospital chief executive Stephen Smith said Ivan died around 6:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) at St. Mary's hospital in central London after becoming ill overnight. Smith said the boy had suffered from "a severe, complex neurological disability."

Prime Minister Gordon Brown led national condolences, telling lawmakers in the House of Commons that "the death of a child is an unbearable sorrow that no parent should ever have to endure."

"I know the whole country — our thoughts and our prayers — are with David, Samantha and their family today," said Brown, whose first child, Jennifer Jane, was born prematurely in 2001 and died 10 days later. He also has two sons.

Buckingham Palace said Queen Elizabeth II had sent a private message of sympathy to the Camerons.

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Sad news for the Cameron family. 
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Re: UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron's son dies at 6
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2009, 02:10:38 PM »
Damn Bij .... you had me freaked out for a second.  I thought you were making a prediction. 

Sad story.

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Re: UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron's son dies at 6
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2009, 02:12:57 PM »
Damn Bij .... you had me freaked out for a second.  I thought you were making a prediction. 

Sad story.

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Re: UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron's son dies at 6
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2009, 02:14:23 PM »
I forgot about that foreign language y'all speak so I've edited the title. ;)

Nice y'all!  You even put the 'catastrophe' in the correct place!

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Re: UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron's son dies at 6 years old
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2009, 02:24:41 PM »
RIP, Ivan, and prayers for the rest of the Cameron family.

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Re: UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron's son dies at 6 years old
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2009, 03:13:57 PM »
That's very sad Bijou.  My prayers to him and his family. 
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Re: UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron's son dies at 6 years old
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2009, 04:17:16 PM »
Man that really sucks.

Prayers for the family.  I hope that losing a child is a pain I never experience.
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Re: UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron's son dies at 6 years old
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2009, 04:17:45 AM »
Prayers to the family. I can not, nor want to, imagine what they are going through.