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World War Two veteran, Alec Penstone, from Shanklin, Isle of Wight, survived D-Day but said it 'wasn't worth it' because of the state of the country has died aged 101.
Last year, Mr Penstone shocked the country when he appeared on national television and said the sacrifice made by the lost men of his generation 'wasn't worth' what had become of the country decades later, as he said the UK 'has gone to rack and ruin'.
'What we fought for was our freedom, but now it's a darn sight worse than when I fought for it,' he told presenters Kate Garraway and Adil Ray on Good Morning Britain.
He told viewers: 'My message is, I can see in my mind's eye those rows and rows of white stones and all the hundreds of my friends who gave their lives, for what? The country of today?
'No, I'm sorry - but the sacrifice wasn't worth the result of what it is now.'
