Scots boxing legend Ken Buchanan laid to rest as sporting heroes gather for funeral
The service was held on Tuesday at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, the home city of the former undisputed world lightweight champion, who died earlier this month aged 77.
The service was conducted by Rev Calum I MacLeod. The order of service featured a photograph of Ken on the rear, encased in a border of Buchanan tartan. Top news stories today He received an MBE in 1972, retired a decade later and was inducted into the International Hall of Fame in 2000. His death came a year after his family confirmed that he had been diagnosed with dementia.
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