Ittai Gradel, antiquities dealer who exposed British Museum thefts, dies at 61

Antiquities dealer Ittai Gradel, who publicly exposed thefts at the British Museum, died of renal cancer at age 61.

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His revelations about the museum's security failures contributed to one of the largest reputational crises in British cultural heritage institutions.

The British Museum had paid tribute to him shortly before his death.

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