Gerry Healy

Gerry Healy


Leader of the Marxist Party
In office 1987–1989
Leader of the Workers' Revolutionary Party
In office 1973–1985

Personal details
Born	Thomas Gerard Healy (1913-12-03)3 December 1913 Ballybane, Galway, Ireland
Died	14 December 1989(1989-12-14) (aged 76) St Thomas’ Hospital, London, England
Party	Workers' Revolutionary Party
Spouse	Ellen Knight

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Thomas Gerard Healy (3 December 1913 – 14 December 1989) was an Irish-born British political activist, a co-founder of the International Committee of the Fourth International and the leader of the Socialist Labour League and later the Workers Revolutionary Party.