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from winning, but ultimately decided against a contest. He questioned the decision to call the miners' strike of 1984 to 1985, but, once it had been called, he gave the strike his full support. For his Christmas holiday in 1984, Vincent went to

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with his partner; much of the press reported negatively on this, as the strike was still ongoing. Vincent retired in 1986, and suffered with

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prior to his death in 1992.

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