Edinburgh's Lord Provost Robert Aldridge has paid tribute to Ken Buchanan MBE as it is announced today (Saturday 1 April) that he has died aged 77.
Edinburgh’s Lord Provost Robert Aldridge, said:
Today Edinburgh has lost one of its most renowned sons with the death of boxing legend Ken Buchanan at the age of 77.
Born in Leith in 1945, Ken Buchanan would go on to become Scotlands first undisputed world champion and was once voted ‘Britain’s Greatest Ever Boxer’ by the Boxing News.
Ken won a huge local fan base for putting Edinburgh firmly on the map and in 2016 he was presented with the Edinburgh Award. It is very fitting that his famous fighting hands have been immortalised on a flagstone outside the City Chambers.
Throughout his life, he showed great appreciation for his native city and its people, and just last August crowds gathered to celebrate as a statue of Ken was unveiled at a public ceremony on Leith Walk.
On behalf of the city, I want to convey heartfelt sympathies and condolences to Ken's family and friends. Our city mourns one of its most celebrated sons. May he rest in peace and I’m sure his legacy will be longstanding."