Read More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s ... s-32970337Former Liberal Democrat Party leader Charles Kennedy has died at his home in Fort William aged 55.
His family said they were devastated to lose a "fine man and loving father".
David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Nicola Sturgeon have led tributes to the former MP, while ex-PM Tony Blair said the death was an "absolute tragedy".
Mr Kennedy, who led his party from 1999 to 2006, lost his seat last month. No cause of death has been given but police said it was not suspicious.
Mr Kennedy led the party to its best-ever election result in 2005 on the back of his opposition to the Iraq War two years earlier but he resigned early in 2006 after revealing he had been receiving treatment for a long-standing alcohol problem.
Kennedy was actually one of the few Lib Dems that supported no further defence spending cuts.