Former premier Neville Wran dead at 87

Former premier of NSW Neville Wran has died after a long battle with dementia.

FORMER premier of NSW Neville Wran has died after a long battle with dementia.

Tributes began flowing from both sides of the political arena following the news of his death.

Mr Wran, 87, the long-serving Premier of New South Wales who led the Labor government from May 1976 to July 1986 died just before 6pm Sunday in a nursing home in Elizabeth Bay where he was being cared for.

His wife Jill was with him and all his family were close by.

Mr Wran has been suffering from dementia and has been under special care for the past two years.

"This is of course a very sad time for us all, but in fact a blessed release for Neville,'' his wife Jill said in a statement.

"Dementia is a cruel fate and I have been grieving the loss that comes with it for some years.

"But I hope now, especially this political climate, people will join me in celebrating the life of a great man, a true political hero."

Former Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull said in a blog tribute, "We have lost a great man, a great mensch, today. Rest in peace old mate."

READ MALCOLM TURNBULL'S FULL BLOG TRIBUTE TO NEVILLE WRAN

Mrs Wran paid special tribute the nursing staff of Lulworth House who had been caring for the former Premier.

"They really are angels, " she said.

NSW Premier Mike Baird expressed his sadness at the news of Mr Wran's death.

"I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Neville Wran, who was Premier of NSW between 1976 and 1986," he said.

Neville Wran in 1978. Source: News Limited

Neville Wran in 1981. Source: News Limited

"In the 1970s and 1980s Mr Wran was a towering figure in the NSW Labor Party and in the state. His legacy is positive and lasting.

"Kerryn and I pass on our deepest condolences to the Wran family."

Jill Wran and husband Neville circa 1983. Source: News Limited

Jamie Clements the General Secretary of the Australian Labor Party said Mr Wran was one of the greatest NSW Labor Premiers of all time.

Dead at 87 ... former NSW premier Neville Wran. Source: News Limited

"He was beloved by the people of NSW,'' he said.

"He had style, penash and was a great social reformer, '' he said.

Neville Wran in 1978. Source: News Limited

Neville Wran in his later years. Source: News Limited

Neville Wran dominated NSW politics for a decade and gave Labor new heart in one of its blackest periods.

Neville Wran in 1988. Source: News Limited

Nifty Nev., as he was known, was NSW premier from May 1976 to July 1986 and ALP national president for six years.

Neville and Jill Wran circa 1983. Source: News Limited

Neville Wran in 1982. Source: News Limited

The worldly lawyer from working class Balmain, for whom winning was everything, never lost an election and was a political rarity in deciding when to retire undefeated.

His success was built on ruthlessness, authority in party and parliament, an unerring instinct for what the voters wanted and pioneering exploitation of television's political clout.

Farewell ... former premier Neville Wran. Source: News Limited

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