He was a potential prime minister until he left high office to care for his wife, who was seriously hurt in a bombing by the Irish Republican Army.

Norman Tebbit, who has died at the age of 94, was at the heart of Margaret Thatcher's political revolution. He was a man whose philosophy of self-reliance formed the core of his political beliefs.

LONDON -- Conservative politician Norman Tebbit, a key ally of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in her free-market transformation of Britain, has died at the age of 94, his family said Tuesday. Tebbit’s son William said he died peacefully at home late Monday. No cause was given.