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Jimi Heselden: Call for memorial to Segway tycoon
Tragic businessman Jimi Heselden should be honoured with a permanent memorial in his home city of Leeds, council bosses said today.
City council leader Keith Wakefield and chief executive Tom Riordan say the self-made millionaire and philanthropist was a "visionary" and "one in a million".
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They have called for the permanent tribute to the much-loved entrepreneur who died in a freak accident.
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In a letter to the YEP Coun Wakefield and Mr Riordan said: "Jimi Heselden was a truly great man and his death was a tragic loss to his family, the city of Leeds and to the wider world.
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"On behalf of Leeds City Council, we want to express our deep sorrow and regret.
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"We would also like to propose that the council recognises Jimi's life and work with a permanent memorial, which would of course, be in keeping with the family's wishes.
"Jimi was a visionary, who made Leeds a better place and who really put his money where his mouth and heart was. He was one in a million."
Mr Heselden, 62, died when his Segway personal transporter plunged 40 feet into the River Wharfe near his home in Boston Spa on September 26.
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