The former Senator, who had been ill for some time, died surrounded by his family early this morning.
Dick Shenton, a powerful orator who broke the mould of Jersey politics with a unprecedented populist flair, topped the Senatorial poll an unprecedented four times in a political career that began at the tail-end of the 1960s and ended in 2005.
He presided over many of the committees that ran States departments until the ministerial reforms.
• See Wednesday’s JEP for full report
