Stephen Milligan
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Stephen Milligan (May 12 1948 - February 7 1994) was a British politician and journalist.
As a journalist he had worked for the Economist and the BBC, but left the trade in 1990 when he was selected as Conservative Party candidate for Eastleigh. He became its member of Parliament at the 1992 election.
The discovery of his corpse in what was an unequivocal case of auto-erotic asphyxiation combined with self-bondage and cross-dressing, led to a greater public awareness of auto-erotic asphyxiation and self-bondage and their risks.
However, the manner of his death tended to overshadow his achievements in life, and his promising political career.
External links
- Guardian obituary of Stephen Milligan (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/politicsobituaries/story/0,1441,565689,00.html)
- BBC news report of the circumstances of his death (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/8/newsid_2538000/2538165.stm)