What is George Blake?
{{Infobox person | name = George Blake | image = George Blake spy.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = George Behar | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|11|11|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|26|1922|11|11|df=y}} | death_place = [[Moscow]], Russia | death_cause = | nationality = British | known_for = [[Double agent]] | alma_mater = [[Downing College, Cambridge]] | occupation = Spy | spouse = | children = | parents = }} '''George Blake''' (''{{ne}}'' '''Behar'''; 11 November 1922 – 26 December 2020) was a British [[Espionage|spy]]. He worked as a [[double agent]] for the [[Soviet Union]]. He became a [[communist]] and decided to work for the [[KGB]] while he was a prisoner during the [[Korean War]]. His crimes as a double agent were discovered in 1961 and he was sentenced to 42 years in prison. He escaped from [[HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs|Wormwood Scrubs prison]] in 1966 and fled to the Soviet Union. Blake died on 26 December 2020, at the age of 98, in Moscow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-people-george-blake-idUSKBN29009J|title=George Blake was last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain|first=Timothy Heritage, Polina|last=Ivanova|date=26 December 2020|via=uk.reuters.com|access-date=26 December 2020|archive-date=26 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226190213/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-people-george-blake-idUSKBN29009J|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=26 December 2020|title=George Blake: Soviet Cold War spy and former MI6 officer dies in Russia|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55452313|access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, George}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:British criminals]] [[Category:British intelli