George Blake

George Blake (né Behar; 11 November 1922 – 26 December 2020) was a British spywho worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union. He became a Communist and decided to work for the MGB while a prisoner during the Korean War. Discovered in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years in prison, he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London in 1966 and fled to the Soviet Union. He was not one of the Cambridge Five spies, although he associated with Donald Maclean and Kim Philby after reaching the Soviet Union.
Category:Last Name Blake
Category:Born 1922
Category:Died 2020