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Mr. Brady and his lover, Myra Hindley, became known as the Moors Murderers.
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Ian Brady
Died on May 15, 2017 at age 79
Mr. Brady murdered five children in the company of his lover in what came to be known as the Moors Murders, which were viewed by generations of Britons as the distillate of evil.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.